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George Borrow Quotes

I am invariably of the politics of the people at whose table I sit, or beneath whose roof I sleep.

– George Borrow

A losing trade, I assure you, sir: literature is a drug.

– 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

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

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

Life is very sweet, brother; who would wish to die?

– George Borrow

Next to the love of God, the love of country is the best preventive of crime.

– George Borrow

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