Attainment Quote by Richard Francis Burton

One death to a man is a serious thing: a dozen neutralize one another.

— Richard Francis Burton

The Now, that indivisible point which studs the length of infinite line Whose ends are nowhere, is thine all , the puny all thou…

— Richard Francis Burton

The dearest ambition of a slave is not liberty, but to have a slave of his own.

— Richard Francis Burton

When doctors differ who decides amid the milliard-headed throng?

— Richard Francis Burton

Friends of my youth, a last adieu! Haply some day we meet again: Ye ne'er the self-same men shall meet; the years shall make…

— Richard Francis Burton

“The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshiped anything but himself.”

— Richard Francis Burton

Do what thy manhood bids thee do.

— Richard Francis Burton

“O genius," I said, "you see that this Sultan was not content with merely forgiving the envious man for the attempt on his life;…

— 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…

— Richard Francis Burton

For each believes his glimm'ering lamp to be the gorgeous light of day.

— Richard Francis Burton

“Scheherazade had perused the books, annals and legends of preceding Kings, and the stories, examples and instances of bygone men and things; indeed it…

— Richard Francis Burton

Of the gladdest moments in human life, methinks, is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands. Shaking off with one mighty effort…

— Richard Francis Burton