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1 Sir Richard Francis Burton
Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton KCMG FRGS was an English explorer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, ethnologist, linguist, poet, hypnotist, fencer and diplomat. He was known for his travels and explorations within Asia and Africa as more..

2 “ Sir Richard Francis Burton:The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself. #Religion

3 “ Sir Richard Francis Burton:Broke is a temporary condition, poor is a state of mind. #Poverty and The Poor

4 “ #Mistakes

5 “ #Books - Reading

6 “ When sad suspicion grips the heart, when Man, the Man begins to die: #Love

7 “ We know not substance; 'mid the shades shadows ourselves we live and die. #Death and Dying

8 “ #Civil Rights

9 “ And it can add to Life a light: — only remains to show us how. #Life and Living

10 “ #Things and Little Things

11 “ To do what Nature bids them do, sans hope of praise, sans fear of blame! #Fools and Foolishness

12 “ #Liberty

13 “ #Books - Reading

14 “ #Truth

15 “ Sir Richard Francis Burton:Conquer thyself, till thou hast done this, thou art but a slave; for it is almost as well to be subjected to another's appetite as to thine own. #Arts and Artists

16 “ #Adversity

17 “ #Anger

18 “ Whose ends are nowhere, is thine all, the puny all thou callest thine. #Books - Reading

19 “ #Poetry and Poets

20 “ We dance along Death's icy brink, but is the dance less full of fun? #Death and Dying

21 “ That begs a boon already giv'en, or craves a change of law to see? #Prayer

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