A losing trade, I assure you, sir: literature is a drug.
George Borrow
I am invariably of the politics of the people at whose table I sit, or beneath whose roof I sleep.
George Borrow
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 Borrow
Next to the love of God, the love of country is the best preventive of crime.
George Borrow
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than those selfsame British Islands.
George Borrow
Translation is at best an echo.
George Borrow
Two great talkers will not travel far together.
George Borrow
Youth will be served, every dog has his day, and mine has been a fine one.
George Borrow
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Biography
Type: Author
Nationality: British
Born: 1803
Died: 1881
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