Isabel Burton Quotes & Sayings

Where I have seen good I shall speak of it with pleasure, and where I have seen the reverse, I shall try to be silent; for a book is meant to give pleasure, and pain that is inflicted in black and white lasts for ever. — Isabel Burton

Without any cant, does not Providence provide wonderfully for us? — Isabel Burton

People of delicate health, selfish dispositions, and coarse minds, can always bear the sufferings of others placidly. — Isabel Burton

Honour, not honours. — Isabel Burton

I saw the desert, it grew upon me. There are times, when I have sorrows, that I hunger and thirst for it ... — Isabel Burton

I have no leisure to think of style or of polish, or to select the best language, the best English - no time to shine as an authoress. I must just think aloud, so as not to keep the public waiting. — Isabel Burton

All the salt of Turkish life consists of politics and official intrigue. — Isabel Burton