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Richard Francis Burton Quotes

Travellers, like poets, are mostly an angry race: by falling into a daily fit of passion, I proved to the governor and his son, who were profuse in their attentions, that I was in earnest.
Richard Francis Burton

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Type:
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Category:
English Explorer Quotes
Date of Birth:
March 19, 1821
Date of Death:
October 19, 1890
Nationality:
English
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