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All the salt of Turkish life consists of politics and official intrigue.

Isabel Burton

People of delicate health, selfish dispositions, and coarse minds, can always bear the sufferings of others placidly.

Isabel Burton

He who knows not and knows not he knows not: he is a fool -- shun him.
He who knows not and knows he knows not: he is simple -- teach him.

Isabel Burton

Where I have seen good I shall speak of it with pleasure, and where I have seen the reverse, I shall try to be silent; for a book is meant to give pleasure, and pain that is inflicted in black and white lasts for ever.

Isabel Burton

I must just think aloud, so as not to keep the public waiting.

Isabel Burton

Without any cant, does not Providence provide wonderfully for us?

Isabel Burton

I saw the desert, it grew upon me. There are times, when I have sorrows, that I hunger and thirst for it...

Isabel Burton

Isabel Burton

Isabel Burton

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Born: March 20, 1831

Died: March 22, 1896 (aged 65)

Bio: Isabel, Lady Burton née Isabel Arundell was the wife and partner of explorer, adventurer, and writer Sir Richard Francis Burton.

Known for:

The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton
The Life Of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton (1893)
The life of Captain Sir Richd. F. Burton (1893)
The passion-play at Ober-Ammergau

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