Quotes of George Borrow - somelinesforyou

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

- George Borrow

“ Sherry... a sickly compound, the use of which will transform a nation, however bold and warlike by nature, into a race of sketchers, scribblers and punsters, in fact into what Englishmen are at the present day. ”

- George Borrow

“ There's night and day, brother, both sweet things; sun, moon, and stars, brother, all sweet things; there's likewise a wind on the heath. 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

“ If you must commit suicide… always contrive to do it as decorously as possible; the decencies, whether of life or of death, should never be lost sight of. ”

- George Borrow

“ Translation is at best an echo. ”

- George Borrow

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

- George Borrow

“ If you must commit suicide… always contrive to do it as decorously as possible; the decencies, whether of life or of death, should never be lost sight of. ”

- George Borrow

“ There's night and day, brother, both sweet things; sun, moon, and stars, brother, all sweet things; there's likewise a wind on the heath. Life is very sweet, brother; who would wish to die? ”

- George Borrow

“ If you must commit suicide… always contrive to do it as decorously as possible; the decencies, whether of life or of death, should never be lost sight of. ”

- George Borrow

“ Smoking has a sedative effect upon the nerves, and enables a man to bear the sorrows of this life not only decently, but dignifiedly. ”

- George Borrow

“ The Germans are the most philosophic people in the world, and the greatest smokers: now I trace their philosophy to their smoking. Smoking has a sedative effect upon the nerves, and enables a man to bear the sorrows of this life not only decently, but dignifiedly. ”

- George Borrow

“ If you must commit suicide… always contrive to do it as decorously as possible; the decencies, whether of life or of death, should never be lost sight of. ”

- George Borrow

“ Smoking has a sedative effect upon the nerves, and enables a man to bear the sorrows of this life not only decently, but dignifiedly. ”

- George Borrow

“ The Germans are the most philosophic people in the world, and the greatest smokers: now I trace their philosophy to their smoking. Smoking has a sedative effect upon the nerves, and enables a man to bear the sorrows of this life not only decently, but dignifiedly. ”

- George Borrow

“ Smoking has a sedative effect upon the nerves, and enables a man to bear the sorrows of this life not only decently, but dignifiedly. ”

- 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

“ Smoking has a sedative effect upon the nerves, and enables a man to bear the sorrows of this life not only decently, but dignifiedly. ”

- George Borrow

“ The Germans are the most philosophic people in the world, and the greatest smokers: now I trace their philosophy to their smoking. Smoking has a sedative effect upon the nerves, and enables a man to bear the sorrows of this life not only decently, but dignifiedly. ”

- George Borrow

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

- George Borrow

“ The Germans are the most philosophic people in the world, and the greatest smokers: now I trace their philosophy to their smoking. Smoking has a sedative effect upon the nerves, and enables a man to bear the sorrows of this life not only decently, but dignifiedly. ”

- George Borrow

“ There's night and day, brother, both sweet things; sun, moon, and stars, brother, all sweet things; there's likewise a wind on the heath. Life is very sweet, brother; who would wish to die? ”

- 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

“ 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

“ 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

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

- George Borrow

“ Youth will be served, every dog has his day, and mine has been a fine one. ”

- George Borrow

“ Youth will be served, every dog has his day, and mine has been a fine one. ”

- George Borrow

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

- 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
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