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Richard Francis Burton Quotes

Richard Francis Burton quotes

English Explorer March 19, 1821 – October 19, 1890

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Of the gladdest moments in human life, methinks, is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands. Shaking off with one mighty effort the fetters of Habit, the leaden weight of Routine, the cloak of many Cares and the slavery of Civilization, man feels once more happy. Richard Francis Burton
Shaking off, with one mighty effort the fetters of habit, the leaden weight of routine, the cloak of many cares and the slavery of home, man feels once more happy. Richard Francis Burton
Travellers, like poets, are mostly an angry race: by falling into a daily fit of passion, I proved to the governor and his son, who were profuse in their attentions, that I was in earnest. Richard Francis Burton
[Shahrazad] had perused the books, annals and legends of preceding Kings, and the stories, examples and instances of by gone men and things; indeed it was said that she had collected a thousand books of histories relating to antique races and departed rulers. She had perused the works of the poets and knew them by heart; she had studied philosophy and the sciences, arts and accomplishments; and she was pleasant and polite, wise and witty, well read and well bred. Richard Francis Burton
If you can’t laugh together in bed, the chances are you are incompatible, anyway. I’d rather hear a girl laugh well than try to turn me on with long, silent, soulful, secret looks. If you can laugh with a woman, everything else falls into place. Richard Francis Burton
I was surrounded at the time by about a dozen of the enemy, whose clubs rattled upon me without mercy, and the strokes of my sabre were rendered uncertain by the energetic pushes of an attendant who thus hoped to save me. Richard Francis Burton
Richard Francis Burton quote: "Between 2 and 3 in the morning of the 19th inst. I was aroused..."
Between 2 and 3 in the morning of the 19th inst. I was aroused by the cry that the enemy was upon us. Richard Francis Burton
I'd like to be born the son of a duke with 90,000 pounds a year, on an enormous estate.... And I'd like to have the most enormous library, and I'd like to think that I could read those books forever and forever, and die unlamented, unknown, unsung, unhonored - and packed with information. Richard Francis Burton
Cease, man, to mourn, to weep, to wail; Enjoy thy shining hour of sun; We dance along Death's icy brink, But is the dance less full of fun? Richard Francis Burton
Do what thy manhood bids thee do,From none but self expect aplause;He noblest live and noblest diesWho makes and keeps his self-made laws. Richard Francis Burton
Do what thy manhood bids thee do, from none but self expect applause. He noblest lives and noblest dieswho makes and keeps his self-made laws. Richard Francis Burton
The wise do not argue therefrom, that the desires of the woman, as long as she is young and strong, are not as real and urgent of those of the man. Richard Francis Burton
Richard Francis Burton quote: "One death to a man is a serious thing: a dozen neutralize one..."
One death to a man is a serious thing: a dozen neutralize one another. Richard Francis Burton
And still the Weaver plies his loom, whose warp and woof is wretched Man. Weaving th' unpattern'd dark design, so dark we doubt it owns a plan Richard Francis Burton
All faith is False, all Faith is true: Truth is the shattered mirror strown. In myriad bits; while each believeshis little bit the whole to own. Richard Francis Burton

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