"The dearest ambition of a slave is not……" — Richard Francis Burton
"The dearest ambition of a slave is not liberty, but to have a slave of his own."
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Richard Francis Burton
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19 Quotes by Richard Francis Burton
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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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Reason is Life's sole arbiter, themagic Laby'rinth's single clue...
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A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.
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