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George Borrow
British
Author
About the author
I am invariably of the politics of the people at whose table I sit, or beneath whose roof I sleep.
George Borrow,
British
Author
#People
#Politics
#Sleep
Youth will be served, every dog has his day, and mine has been a fine one.
George Borrow,
British
Author
#Will
#Day
#Youth
Two great talkers will not travel far together.
George Borrow,
British
Author
#Will
#Travel
Translation is at best an echo.
George Borrow,
British
Author
#Echo
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than those selfsame British Islands.
George Borrow,
British
Author
#World
#Islands
#Countries
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,
British
Author
#Idleness
A losing trade, I assure you, sir: literature is a drug.
George Borrow,
British
Author
#Trade
#Losing
#Literature
Next to the love of God, the love of country is the best preventive of crime.
George Borrow,
British
Author
#Love
#God
#Crime
#Country