Quotes by Sir Richard Francis Burton

"Do what thy manhood bids thee do, from none but self expect applause; He noblest lives and noblest dies who makes and keeps his self-made laws."

"All Faith is false, all Faith is true:
Truth is the shattered mirror strown
In myriad bits; while each believes
His little bit the whole to own."

"The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself."

"The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself."

"Broke is a temporary condition, poor is a state of mind."

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"Conquer thyself, till thou has done this, thou art but a slave for it is almost as well to be subjected to another's appetite as"

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