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Richard Francis Burton quotes: 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.

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.

Richard Francis Burton quotes: The dearest ambition of a slave is not liberty, but to have a slave of his own.

The dearest ambition of a slave is not liberty, but to have a slave of his own.

Richard Francis Burton quotes: Friends of my youth, a last adieu! Haply some day we meet again:Ye ne'er the self-same men shall meet; the years shall make us other men.

Friends of my youth, a last adieu! Haply some day we meet again:
Ye ne'er the self-same men shall meet; the years shall make us other men.

Richard Francis Burton quotes: Man remembers and combines but does not create.

Man remembers and combines but does not create.

Richard Francis Burton quotes: Reason is Life's sole arbiter, themagic Laby'rinth's single clue ...

Reason is Life's sole arbiter, themagic Laby'rinth's single clue ...

Richard Francis Burton quotes: The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshiped anything but himself.

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

Richard Francis Burton quotes: Wherever we halted we were surrounded by wandering troops of Bedouins.

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

Richard Francis Burton quotes: The Now, that indivisible point which studs the length of infinite line Whose ends are nowhere, is thine all , the puny all thou callest thine.

The Now, that indivisible point which studs the length of infinite line Whose ends are nowhere, is thine all , the puny all thou callest thine.

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

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 quotes: Do what thy manhood bids thee do.

Do what thy manhood bids thee do.

Richard Francis Burton quotes: Support a compatriot against a native, however the former may blunder or plunder.

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

Richard Francis Burton quotes: Cease, man, to mourn, to weep, to wail;Enjoy thy shining hour of sun;We dance along Death's icy brink,But is the dance less full of fun?

Cease, man, to mourn, to weep, to wail;
Enjoy thy shining hour of sun;
We dance along Death's icy brink,
But is the dance less full of fun?

Richard Francis Burton quotes: 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.

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.

Richard Francis Burton quotes: For each believes his glimm'ering lamp to be the gorgeous light of day.

For each believes his glimm'ering lamp to be the gorgeous light of day.

Richard Francis Burton quotes: Broke is a temporary condition, poor is a state of mind.

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

Richard Francis Burton quotes: [ ... ] it is not easy to talk [ ... ] religion to men who measure excellence by forbidden meats [ ... ]

[ ... ] it is not easy to talk [ ... ] religion to men who measure excellence by forbidden meats [ ... ]

Richard Francis Burton quotes: The men were wild as ourang-outans, and the women fit only to flog cattle.

The men were wild as ourang-outans, and the women fit only to flog cattle.

Richard Francis Burton quotes: When doctors differ who decides amid the milliard-headed throng?

When doctors differ who decides amid the milliard-headed throng?

Richard Francis Burton quotes: The wise do not argue therefrom, that the desires of the woman, as long as she is young and strong, are not as real and urgent of those of the

The wise do not argue therefrom, that the desires of the woman, as long as she is young and strong, are not as real and urgent of those of the man.

Richard Francis Burton quotes: One death to a man is a serious thing: a dozen neutralize one another.

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

Richard Francis Burton quotes: Little islands are all large prisons; one cannot look at the sea without wishing for the wings of a swallow.

Little islands are all large prisons; one cannot look at the sea without wishing for the wings of a swallow.