Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

George Henry Borrow Quotes

Find the best George Henry Borrow quotes with images from our collection at QuotesLyfe. You can download, copy and even share it on Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, Linkedin, Pinterst, Reddit, etc. with your family, friends, colleagues, etc. The available pictures of George Henry Borrow quotes can be used as your mobile or desktop wallpaper or screensaver.


George Henry Borrow Quotes: "Translation is at best an echo."

Translation is at best an echo.



George Henry Borrow Quotes: "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."

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 Henry Borrow Quotes: "There are no countries in the world less known by the British than those selfsame British Islands."

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



George Henry Borrow Quotes: "Good ale, the true and proper drink of Englishmen. He is not deserving of the name of Englishman who speaketh against ale, that is good ale."

Good ale, the true and proper drink of Englishmen. He is not deserving of the name of Englishman who speaketh against ale, that is good ale.




George Henry Borrow Quotes: "We must walk before we run."

We must walk before we run.



George Henry Borrow Quotes: "Youth will be served, every dog has his day, and mine has been a fine one."

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



George Henry Borrow Quotes: "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."

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 Henry Borrow Quotes: "A losing trade, I assure you, sir: literature is a drug."

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



George Henry Borrow Quotes: "Never ride your horse more than five-and-thirty miles a day, always taking more care of him than of yourself; which is right and reasonable, seeing as how the horse is the best animal of the two."

Never ride your horse more than five-and-thirty miles a day, always taking more care of him than of yourself; which is right and reasonable, seeing as how the horse is the best animal of the two.



George Henry Borrow Quotes: "I am invariably of the politics of the people at whose table I sit, or beneath whose roof I sleep."

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



George Henry Borrow Quotes: "There is a peculiarity in the countenance, as everybody knows, which, though it cannot be described, is sure to betray the Englishman."

There is a peculiarity in the countenance, as everybody knows, which, though it cannot be described, is sure to betray the Englishman.