"Good ale, the true and proper drink of……" — George Henry Borrow
"Good ale, the true and proper drink of Englishmen. He is not deserving of the name of Englishman who speaketh against ale, that is good ale."
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George Henry Borrow
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15 Quotes by George Henry Borrow
George Henry Borrow has 15 quotes on this site.
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Two great talkers will not travel far together.
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Next to the love of God, the love of country is the best preventive of crime.
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Translation is at best an echo.
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I have always been a friend to hero-worship; it is the only rational one, and has always been in use…
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A losing trade, I assure you, sir: literature is a drug.
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It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely…
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There's night and day, brother, both sweet things; sun, moon, and stars, brother, all sweet things; there's likewise a wind…
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Youth will be served, every dog has his day, and mine has been a fine one.
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If you must commit suicide ... always contrive to do it as decorously as possible; the decencies, whether of life…
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Never ride your horse more than five-and-thirty miles a day, always taking more care of him than of yourself; which…
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We must walk before we run.
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I am invariably of the politics of the people at whose table I sit, or beneath whose roof I sleep.
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The roots and herbes beaten and put into new ale or beer and daily drunk, cleareth, strengtheneth and quickeneth the…
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I have fed purely upon ale; I have eat my ale, drank my ale, and I always sleep upon ale.
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Some brewers of Ale and Beere doe put it into their drinke to make it more heady, fit to please…
— Matthias de l'Obel
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Whoever takes just plain ginger ale soon gets drowned out of the conversation.
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The troubles of our proud and angry dust are from eternity, and shall not fail. Bear them we can, and…
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The Rat, meanwhile, was busy examining the label on one of the beer-bottles. "I perceive this to be Old Burton,"…
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She was luxuriously tired and her muscles felt sore from the unaccustomed strain of riding astride. Nothing had ever tasted…
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I like a good beer. Of course, I'll drink a bad one too. Let no person thirst for lack of…
— Tom Petty
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Nothing quenches the thirst like a wheat beer, or sharpens the appetite like an India pale ale. Nothing goes as…
— Michael Jackson
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Saint George he was for England, And before he killed the dragon he drank a pint of English ale out…
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