"Between 2 and 3 in the morning of……" — Richard Francis Burton
"Between 2 and 3 in the morning of the 19th inst. I was aroused by the cry that the enemy was upon us."
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19 Quotes by Richard Francis Burton
Richard Francis Burton has 19 quotes on this site.
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The dearest ambition of a slave is not liberty, but to have a slave of his own.
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One cannot look at the sea without wishing for the wings of a swallow.
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Conquer thyself, till thou has done this, thou art but a slave; for it is almost as well to be…
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Travellers, like poets, are mostly an angry race: by falling into a daily fit of passion, I proved to the…
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Of the gladdest moments in human life...is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands.
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Indeed he knows not how to know who knows not also how to un-know.
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Do what thy manhood bids thee do.
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If you can’t laugh together in bed, the chances are you are incompatible, anyway. I’d rather hear a girl laugh…
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Do what thy manhood bids thee do, from none but self expect applause. He noblest lives and noblest dies who…
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Of the gladdest moments in human life, methinks, is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands. Shaking off…
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I'd like to be born the son of a duke with 90,000 pounds a year, on an enormous estate.... And…
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Home is where the books are
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More Aroused Quotes
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In general I was a good kid. It usually took a lot to make me mad. But once I reached…
— Benjamin Carson
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God has aroused the spirit of kings and princes to root up from the earth the enemies of the Christian…
— Bernard of Clairvaux
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Monet's garden must be included with his works, because he combined the magic of an adaptation of nature with the…
— Georges Clemenceau
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Wonder [admiratio astonishment, marvel] is a kind of desire for knowledge. The situation arises when one sees an effect and…
— Thomas Aquinas
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Men wake up aroused in the morning. We can't help it. We just wake up and we want you. And…
— Andy Rooney
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No scientific subject has ever aroused quite the same mixture of hopes and fears [as atomic energy].
— Edward Victor Appleton
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As the attuning of music arouses emotions in the body to an unusual degree, well that there be choices made…
— Edgar Cayce
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Young people are capable, when aroused, of bringing down the towers of oppression and raising the banners of freedom.
— Nelson Mandela
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Writing should be meaningful for children, Y an intrinsic need should be aroused in them, and Y writing should be…
— Lev S. Vygotsky
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All that is noble is in itself of a quiet nature, and appears to sleep until it is aroused and…
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Unjust criticism is usually disguised compliment. It often means that you have aroused jealously and envy. Remember that no one…
— Dale Carnegie
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If you live in rock and roll, as I do, you see the reality of sex, of male lust and…
— Camille Paglia
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