Little islands are all large prisons: one cannot look at the sea without wishing for the wings of a swallow.
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A man that hoards up riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that carries gold and eats thistles.Richard Burton
When I played drunks I had to remain sober because I didn't know how to play them when I was drunk.
Richard Burton
I'm opposed to any kind of condo development in the harbor. I think if we go with something this soon of that magnitude, then we're really shortchanging ourselves the opportunity to guide our own growth. It's so out of the realm of what we really need. We want progress but this is our chance to guide it, not let it guide us.
Richard Burton
You may be as vicious about me as you please. You will only do me justice.
Richard Burton
Travelers are like poets. They are mostly an angry race.
Richard Burton
There is no Heaven, there is no Hell These are the dreams of baby minds Tools of the wily Fetisheer, To fright the fools his cunning blinds.
Richard Burton
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