"Home is where the books are" — Richard Francis Burton

"Home is where the books are"

— Richard Francis Burton

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19 Quotes by Richard Francis Burton

Richard Francis Burton has 19 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The dearest ambition of a slave is not liberty, but to have a slave of his own.
One cannot look at the sea without wishing for the wings of a swallow.
Conquer thyself, till thou has done this, thou art but a slave; for it is almost as well to be…
Travellers, like poets, are mostly an angry race: by falling into a daily fit of passion, I proved to the…
Of the gladdest moments in human life...is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands.
Indeed he knows not how to know who knows not also how to un-know.
Do what thy manhood bids thee do.
If you can’t laugh together in bed, the chances are you are incompatible, anyway. I’d rather hear a girl laugh…
Do what thy manhood bids thee do, from none but self expect applause. He noblest lives and noblest dies who…
Of the gladdest moments in human life, methinks, is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands. Shaking off…
I'd like to be born the son of a duke with 90,000 pounds a year, on an enormous estate.... And…
Reason is Life's sole arbiter, themagic Laby'rinth's single clue...

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High thoughts must have high language. — Aristophanes
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I'm not a comic book guy at all. — Darren Aronofsky
I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is… — Isaac Asimov
I'd never heard of the 'Lord of the Rings', actually. So I went to the bookstore and there it was,… — Sean Astin
The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except… — David Attenborough
I have a big following among the biogeeks of this world. Nobody ever puts them in books. — Margaret Atwood
Once you publish a book, it is out of your control. You cannot dictate how people read it. — Margaret Atwood
Writers and books are cheap dates, especially when you compare the cost of a book with a ticket to the… — Margaret Atwood
Our generation in the west was lucky: we had readymade gateways. We had books, paper, teachers, schools and libraries. But… — Margaret Atwood

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