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Quotes by Sir Richard Francis Burton

Support a compatriot against a native, however the former may blunder or plunder.
– Sir Richard Francis Burton
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.
– Sir Richard Francis Burton
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.
– Sir Richard Francis Burton
Do what thy manhood bids thee do, from none but self expect applause; He noblest lives and noblest dies who makes and keeps his self-made laws.
– Sir Richard Francis Burton
The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.
– Sir Richard Francis Burton
Between 2 and 3 in the morning of the 19th inst. I was aroused by the cry that the enemy was upon us.
– Sir Richard Francis Burton