Broke is a temporary condition, poor is a state of mind.

quote by Richard Francis Burton
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

One death to a man is a serious thing: a dozen neutralize one another.

quote by Richard Francis Burton
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

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

quote by Richard Francis Burton
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

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

quote by Richard Francis Burton
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.

quote by Richard Francis Burton
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

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

quote by Richard Francis Burton
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

Do what thy manhood bids thee do, from none but self expect applause He noblest lives and noblest dies who makes and keeps his self-made laws.

quote by Richard Francis Burton
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

Conquer thyself, till thou has done this, thou art but a slave for it is almost as well to be subjected to another's appetite as to thine own.

quote by Richard Francis Burton
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

Do what thy manhood bids thee do, from none but self expect applause; He noblest lives and noblest dies who makes and keeps his self-made laws.

quote by Richard Francis Burton
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

All Faith is false, all Faith is true:
Truth is the shattered mirror strown
In myriad bits; while each believes
His little bit the whole to own.

quote by Richard Francis Burton
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!