39 Quotes by Richard Francis Burton

Wherever we halted we were surrounded by wandering troops of Bedouins.

Between 2 and 3 in the morning of the 19th inst. I was aroused by the cry that the enemy was upon us.

Support a compatriot against a native, however the former may blunder or plunder.

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

Travellers, like poets, are mostly an angry race: by falling into a daily fit of passion, I proved to the governor and his son, who were profuse in their attentions, that I was in earnest.

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 us other men.

[Shahrazad] had perused the books, annals and legends of preceding Kings, and the stories, examples and instances of by gone men and things; indeed it was said that she had collected a thousand books of histories relating to antique races and departed rulers. She had perused the works of the poets and knew them by heart; she had studied philosophy and the sciences, arts and accomplishments; and she was pleasant and polite, wise and witty, well read and well bred.

Reason is Life's sole arbiter, themagic Laby'rinth's single clue...

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