George Borrow Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by George Borrow:

Next to the love of God, the love of country is the best preventive of crime.
~George Borrow


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/george-borrow-quotes/#6af81de2

Youth will be served, every dog has his day, and mine has been a fine one.
~George Borrow


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/george-borrow-quotes/#61e2dac9

There are no countries in the world less known by the British than those selfsame British Islands.
~George Borrow


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/george-borrow-quotes/#3be6b8b4

I am invariably of the politics of the people at whose table I sit, or beneath whose roof I sleep.
~George Borrow


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/george-borrow-quotes/#85655c6b

Life is very sweet, brother; who would wish to die?
~George Borrow


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/george-borrow-quotes/#a9095ced

Translation is at best an echo.
~George Borrow


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/george-borrow-quotes/#4eba7c2e

Two great talkers will not travel far together.
~George Borrow


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/george-borrow-quotes/#7955a730

A losing trade, I assure you, sir: literature is a drug.
~George Borrow


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/george-borrow-quotes/#ab024259

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/george-borrow-quotes/#512d94a7

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