"Next to the love of God, the love……" — George Henry Borrow
"Next to the love of God, the love of country is the best preventive of crime."
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15 Quotes by George Henry Borrow
George Henry Borrow has 15 quotes on this site.
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Good ale, the true and proper drink of Englishmen. He is not deserving of the name of Englishman who speaketh…
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Two great talkers will not travel far together.
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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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