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“A losing trade, I assure you, sir: literature is a drug.”
 
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George Borrow
 
Name:   George Borrow
 
Nationality:   British
 
Date of Birth:   1803
 
Date of Death:   1881
 
Profession:   Author
 
 
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There are no countries in the world less known by the British than those selfsame British Islands.
 
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Next to the love of God, the love of country is the best preventive of crime.
 
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Two great talkers will not travel far together.
 
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It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness.
 
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Translation is at best an echo.
 
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