Isabel Burton quotes
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“I have no leisure to think of style or of polish, or to select the best language, the best English - no time to shine as an authoress. I must just think aloud, so as not to keep the public waiting.”
-- Isabel BurtonSource : Lady Isabel Burton (1898). “The Life of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton”
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“where I have seen good I shall speak of it with pleasure, and where I have seen the reverse, I shall try to be silent; for a book is meant to give pleasure, and pain that is inflicted in black and white lasts for ever.”
-- Isabel BurtonSource : Lady Isabel Burton (1875). “The Inner Life of Syria, Palestine, and the Holy Land: From My Private Journal”, p.3
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“I saw the desert, it grew upon me. There are times, when I have sorrows, that I hunger and thirst for it ...”
-- Isabel BurtonSource : Lady Isabel Burton (1875). “The Inner Life of Syria, Palestine, and the Holy Land: From My Private Journal”, p.2
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“all the salt of Turkish life consists of politics and official intrigue.”
-- Isabel BurtonSource : Lady Isabel Burton (1875). “The Inner Life of Syria, Palestine, and the Holy Land: From My Private Journal”, p.3
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“People of delicate health, selfish dispositions, and coarse minds, can always bear the sufferings of others placidly.”
-- Isabel BurtonSource : Lady Isabel Burton (1875). “The Inner Life of Syria, Palestine, and the Holy Land: From My Private Journal”, p.262
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“He who knows not and knows not he knows not: he is a fool -- shun him. He who knows not and knows he knows not: he is simple -- teach him.”
-- Isabel BurtonSource : Lady Isabel Burton (1893). “The Life of Captain Sir Richd. F. Burton”
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“Without any cant, does not Providence provide wonderfully for us?”
-- Isabel BurtonSource : Lady Isabel Burton (1879). “Arabia, Egypt, India: A Narrative of Travel”, London, W. Mullan and son
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Source : Song: Almost Lover, Album: One Cell in the Sea, 2007
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“if you want to shine like sun first you have to burn like it.”
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“Wait a minute, I'm a fan of yours; you can't be a fan of mine!”
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Source : Source: www.indielondon.co.uk
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