Support a compatriot against a native, however the former may blunder or plunder.
Meaning of the quote
This quote means that you should help and support someone from your own country, even if they have done something wrong or taken things that don't belong to them. The person from your own country is more important than someone from a different place, even if they did something bad.
About Richard Francis Burton
Richard Francis Burton was a renowned British explorer, writer, and scholar who lived in the 19th century. He was known for his extensive travels and linguistic abilities, speaking up to 29 different languages. Burton is famous for his explorations in Asia, Africa, and South America, as well as his translation of the Kama Sutra and One Thousand and One Nights.
More quotes from Richard Francis Burton
Wherever we halted we were surrounded by wandering troops of Bedouins.
British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821-1890)
Travellers, like poets, are mostly an angry race: by falling into a daily fit of passion, I proved to the governor and his son, who were profuse in their attentions, that I was in earnest.
British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821-1890)
Support a compatriot against a native, however the former may blunder or plunder.
British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821-1890)
Between 2 and 3 in the morning of the 19th inst. I was aroused by the cry that the enemy was upon us.
British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821-1890)
I was surrounded at the time by about a dozen of the enemy, whose clubs rattled upon me without mercy, and the strokes of my sabre were rendered uncertain by the energetic pushes of an attendant who thus hoped to save me.
British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821-1890)
One death to a man is a serious thing: a dozen neutralize one another.
British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821-1890)