1803-1881, British Author
A losing trade, I assure you, sir: literature is a drug.
George Borrow – [Literature]
I am invariably of the politics of the people at whose table I sit, or beneath whose roof I sleep.
George Borrow – [Politicians and Politics]
If you must commit suicide… 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 – [Suicide]
Next to the love of God, the love of country is the best preventive of crime.
George Borrow – [Patriotism]
The Germans are the most philosophic people in the world, and the greatest smokers: now I trace their philosophy to their smoking. 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 – [Smoking]
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 – [Life and Living]