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George Borrow

Born: July 5, 1803

Nationality: British

Occupation: Author

Biography: George Henry Borrow was an English author who wrote novels and travelogues based on his own experiences traveling around Europe. Over the course of his wanderings, he developed a close affinity with the Romani people of Europe, who figure prominently in his work.

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George Borrow

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

- George Borrow

Source/Notes: The Works of George Borrow: Lavengro (1967 edition)

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George Borrow

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

- George Borrow

Source/Notes: The Bible in Spain or the journeys adventures, and imprisonments of an Englishman in an attempt to circulate the scriptures in the Peninsula (1842 edition)

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George Borrow

“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

Source/Notes: Lavengro: the scholar--the gypsy--the priest (1851 edition)

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George Borrow

“Next to the love of God, the love of country is the best preventive of crime.”

- George Borrow

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

- George Borrow

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“Translation is at best an echo.”

- George Borrow

Source/Notes: Lavengro the Scholar, the Gypsy and the Priest (2004 edition) - ISBN: 9781419129278

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George Borrow

“Two great talkers will not travel far together.”

- George Borrow

Source/Notes: Lavengro (1961 edition)

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George Borrow

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

- George Borrow

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George Borrow

“The author of Amelia, the most singular genius which their island ever produced, whose works it has long been the fashion to abuse in public and to read in secret.”

- George Borrow

Source/Notes: The Bible in Spain (1843), ch. 1.

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George Borrow

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

- George Borrow

Source/Notes: The Bible in Spain, ch. 2.

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“Sherry...a silly, sickly compound, the use of which will transform a nation, however bold and warlike by nature, into a race of sketchers, scribblers, and punsters, in fact into what Englishmen are at the present day.”

- George Borrow

Source/Notes: Wild Wales (1862), ch. 38.

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George Borrow

“There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.”

- George Borrow

Source/Notes: Lavengro (1851)

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“Smoking has a sedative effect upon the nerves, and enables a man to bear the sorrows of this life (of which every one has his share) not only decently, but dignifiedly.”

- George Borrow

Source/Notes: Lavengro (1851)

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“If you must commit suicide – and there is no knowing to what people may be brought – always contrive to do it as decorously as possible; the decencies, whether of life or of death, should never be lost sight of.”

- George Borrow

Source/Notes: Lavengro (1851)

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