Richard Francis Burton Quotes and Sayings
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- Richard Francis Burton (random)
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- Nationality:
- English
- Birth Date / Year:
- March 19, 1821
- Death Date / Year:
- October 19, 1890
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Between 2 and 3 in the morning of the 19th inst. I was aroused by the cry that the enemy was upon us. Richard Francis Burton | Refcard PDF ↑
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I was surrounded at the time by about a dozen of the enemy, whose clubs rattled upon me without mercy, and the strokes of my sabre were rendered uncertain by the energetic pushes of an attendant who thus hoped to save me. Richard Francis Burton | Refcard PDF ↑
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One death to a man is a serious thing: a dozen neutralize one another. Richard Francis Burton | Refcard PDF ↑
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Support a compatriot against a native, however the former may blunder or plunder. Richard Francis Burton | Refcard PDF ↑
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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. Richard Francis Burton | Refcard PDF ↑
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Wherever we halted we were surrounded by wandering troops of Bedouins. Richard Francis Burton | Refcard PDF ↑
