Quote by: Richard Francis Burton

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.


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  • NameRichard Francis Burton
  • DescriptionBritish explorer, writer and adventurer
  • AliasesSir Richard Burton; Richard F. Burton
  • BornMarch 19, 1821
  • DiedOctober 20, 1890
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionTranslator; Explorer; Writer; Poet; Diplomat; Soldier; Ethnologist; Linguist; Cartographer; Historian
  • AwardsKnight Commander Of The Order Of St Michael And St George; Knight Commander Of The Order Of St Michael And St George