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Isabel Burton Biography

Isabel, Lady Burton (20 March 1831 – 22 March 1896) — née Isabel Arundell — was a writer and the wife and partner of explorer, adventurer, and writer Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821–1890).

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

Desert, Hunger And Thirst, Sorrow, Thirst, Times

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

Bear, People, Selfish, Suffering Of Others, Sufferings

all the salt of Turkish life consists of politics and official intrigue.

Consists, Europe, Intrigue, Official, Salt, Turkish

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.

Black And White, Book, Good, Lasts, Pain, Reverse

I must just think aloud, so as not to keep the public waiting.

Aloud, Keep, Public, Thinking, Waiting

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

Cant, Doe, Provide, Providence, Wonderfully

He who knows not and knows not he knows not: he is a fool -- shun him. He who knows not and knows he knows not: he is simple -- teach him.

Fool, Knowledge, Knows, Simple

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.

Aloud, Public, Shining, Style, Thinking, Waiting

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