Quotes by George Borrow

"There's night and day, brother, both sweet things; sun, moon, and stars, brother, all sweet things; there's likewise a wind on the heath. Life is very sweet, brother; who would wish to die?"
— George Borrow
"Translation is at best an echo."
— George Borrow
"There’s the wind on the heath, brother; if I could only feel that, I would gladly live for ever."
— George Borrow
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George Henry Borrow (5 July 1803 – 26 July 1881) was an English writer of novels and of travel based on personal experiences in Europe. His travels gave him a close affinity with the Romani people of ...