"Fools rush where Angels fear to tread!" Angels and Fools h… - Richard Francis Burton

"Fools rush where Angels fear to tread!" Angels and Fools have equal claim
To do what Nature bids them do, sans hope of praise, sans fear of blame!

Richard Francis Burton

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Sir Richard Francis Burton (19 March 1821 – 20 October 1890) was a British consul, explorer, translator, writer, poet, Orientalist and swordsman known for his often-unprecedented exploits of travel and exploration as well as his extraordinary knowledge of languages and cultures.

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Alternative Names: Sir Richard Burton • Richard F. Burton • Sir Richard Francis Burton • Richard Burton • Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton • R. F. Burton

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Support a compatriot against a native, however the former may blunder or plunder.

The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshiped anything but himself.

Ah! where shall weary man take sanctuary,
where live his little span of life secure?
and 'scape of Heav'n serene th' indignant storms
that launch their thunders at us earthen worms?

"Fools rush where Angels fear to tread!" Angels and Fools have equal claim To do what Nature bids them do, sans hope of praise, sans fear of blame! - Richard Francis Burton

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