George Henry Borrow quotes
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“There's night and day, brother, both sweet things; sun, moon, and stars, brother, all sweet things; there's likewise a wind on the heath. Life is very sweet, brother; who would wish to die?”
-- George Henry BorrowSource : 'Lavengro' (1851) ch. 25
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“The Germans are the most philosophic people in the world, and the greatest smokers: now I trace their philosophy to their smoking. Smoking has a sedative effect upon the nerves, and enables a man to bear the sorrows of this life (of which every one has his share) not only decently, but dignifiedly.”
-- George Henry BorrowSource : George Henry Borrow (1851). “Lavengro: The Scholar--the Gypsy--the Priest”, p.136
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“I am invariably of the politics of the people at whose table I sit, or beneath whose roof I sleep.”
-- George Henry BorrowSource : George Henry Borrow (1843). “The Bible in Spain; Or the Journeys, Adventures and Imprisonnements of an Englishman, in an Attempt to Circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula”, p.344
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“We must walk before we run.”
-- George Henry BorrowSource : George Henry Borrow (1851). “Lavengro: the scholar--the gypsy--the priest”, p.15
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“Never ride your horse more than five-and-thirty miles a day, always taking more care of him than of yourself; which is right and reasonable, seeing as how the horse is the best animal of the two.”
-- George Henry BorrowSource : George Henry Borrow (1858). “The Romany Rye: A Sequel to "Lavengro."”, p.296
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“If you must commit suicide ... always contrive to do it as decorously as possible; the decencies, whether of life or of death, should never be lost sight of.”
-- George Henry BorrowSource : Lavengro Ch. XXIII
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“Youth will be served, every dog has his day, and mine has been a fine one.”
-- George Henry BorrowSource : 'Lavengro' (1851) ch. 92
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“Good ale, the true and proper drink of Englishmen. He is not deserving of the name of Englishman who speaketh against ale, that is good ale.”
-- George Henry BorrowSource : George Henry Borrow (1851). “Lavengro: The Scholar--the Gypsy--the Priest”, p.345
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“It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness.”
-- George Henry BorrowSource : George Henry Borrow (2012). “The Pocket George Borrow”, p.73, tredition
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“A losing trade, I assure you, sir: literature is a drug.”
-- George Henry BorrowSource : 'Lavengro' (1851) ch. 30.
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“I have always been a friend to hero-worship; it is the only rational one, and has always been in use amongst civilized people - the worship of spirits is synonymous with barbarism - it is mere fetish. ... There is something philosophic in the worship of the heroes of the human race.”
-- George Henry BorrowSource : George Henry Borrow (1852). “Roving Adventures, Or Lavengro: The Scholar - the Gipsy - the Priest”, p.138
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“Translation is at best an echo.”
-- George Henry BorrowSource : George Henry Borrow (1851). “Lavengro: The Scholar--the Gypsy--the Priest”, p.151
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“Next to the love of God, the love of country is the best preventive of crime.”
-- George Henry BorrowSource : George Henry Borrow (1848). “Gypsies of Spain”, p.27
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“Two great talkers will not travel far together.”
-- George Henry BorrowSource : George Henry Borrow (1852). “Roving Adventures, Or Lavengro: The Scholar - the Gipsy - the Priest”, p.200
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“There are no countries in the world less known by the British than those selfsame British Islands.”
-- George Henry Borrow
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