Isabel Burton Quotes
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I have no leisure to think of style or of polish, or to select the best language, the best English - no time to shine as an authoress. I must just think aloud, so as not to keep the public waiting.
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Without any cant, does not Providence provide wonderfully for us?
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I saw the desert, it grew upon me. There are times, when I have sorrows, that I hunger and thirst for it.
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all the salt of Turkish life consists of politics and official intrigue.
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He who knows not and knows not he knows not: he is a fool -- shun him. He who knows not and knows he knows not: he is simple -- teach him.
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People of delicate health, selfish dispositions, and coarse minds, can always bear the sufferings of others placidly.
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where I have seen good I shall speak of it with pleasure, and where I have seen the reverse, I shall try to be silent; for a book is meant to give pleasure, and pain that is inflicted in black and white lasts for ever.
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I must just think aloud, so as not to keep the public waiting.
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