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Misattributed quotes — Richard Francis Burton

1821–1890 England

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A man that hoards up riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that carries gold and eats thistles.

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So much to learn!
Old Nature's ways
Of glee and gloom with rapt amaze
To study, probe, and paint – brown earth,
Salt sea, blue heavens, their tilth and dearth,
Birds, grasses, trees – the natural things
That throb or grope or poise on wings.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Richard Francis Burton (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.