where I have seen good I shall speak of it with pleasure, and where I have seen the reverse, I shall try to be silent; for a book is meant to give pleasure, and pain that is inflicted in black… — Isabel Burton Copy Share Image
I have no leisure to think of style or of polish, or to select the best language, the best English - no time to shine as an authoress. I must just think aloud, so as not to keep the public… — Isabel Burton Copy Share Image
He who knows not and knows not he knows not: he is a fool -- shun him. He who knows not and knows he… — Isabel Burton Copy Share Image
People of delicate health, selfish dispositions, and coarse minds, can always bear the sufferings of others placidly. — Isabel Burton Copy Share Image
all the salt of Turkish life consists of politics and official intrigue. — Isabel Burton Copy Share Image
where I have seen good I shall speak of it with pleasure, and where I have seen the reverse, I shall try to be… — Isabel Burton Copy Share Image
I saw the desert, it grew upon me. There are times, when I have sorrows, that I hunger and thirst for it. — Isabel Burton Copy Share Image
I have no leisure to think of style or of polish, or to select the best language, the best English - no time to… — Isabel Burton Copy Share Image
