Richard Francis Quotes


Wherever we halted we were surrounded by wandering troops of Bedouins. - Richard Francis Burton



What gets people mad is when these things occur behind closed doors... These are issues that need to be discussed in public. - Richard Francis



Travellers, like poets, are mostly an angry race: by falling into a daily fit of passion, I proved to the governor and his son, who were profuse in their attentions, that I was in earnest. - Richard Francis Burton