All Richard Francis Burton Quotes
- The dearest ambition of a slave is not liberty, but to have a slave of his own. Ambition
- One cannot look at the sea without wishing for the wings of a swallow. Aviation
- Conquer thyself, till thou has done this, thou art but a slave; for it is almost as well to be subjected to another's appetite as… Appetite
- 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… Angry
- Of the gladdest moments in human life...is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands. Departure
- Indeed he knows not how to know who knows not also how to un-know. Funny
- Do what thy manhood bids thee do. Bids
- 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… Bed
- Do what thy manhood bids thee do, from none but self expect applause. He noblest lives and noblest dies who makes and keeps his self-made… Applause
- 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… Care
- 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… Book
- Home is where the books are Book
- Reason is Life's sole arbiter, themagic Laby'rinth's single clue... Arbiter
- Broke is a temporary condition, poor is a state of mind. Broke
- Support a compatriot against a native, however the former may blunder or plunder. Blunder
- 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… Attendant
- One death to a man is a serious thing: a dozen neutralize one another. Death
- Wherever we halted we were surrounded by wandering troops of Bedouins. Bedouins
- Between 2 and 3 in the morning of the 19th inst. I was aroused by the cry that the enemy was upon us. Aroused