Quotes by Richard Burton

Richard Burton

A man that hoards up riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that carries gold and eats thistles.

Gold

Men

Riches

How strange are the tricks of memory, which, often hazy as a dream about the most important events of a man’s life, religiously preserve the merest trifles.

Dream

Memories

Men

Little islands are all large prisons: one cannot look at the sea without wishing for the wings of a swallow.

Islands

Sea

Wings

One of the gladdest moments of human life, methinks, is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands. Shaking off with one mighty effort the fetters of habit, the leaden weight of routine, the cloak of many cares and the slavery of home, man feels once more happy.

Home

Journey

Travel

This diamond has so many carats it’s almost a turnip.

Diamond

Jewelry

Jewels

When I played drunks I had to remain sober because I didn’t know how to play them when I was drunk.

Drinking

Funny

Humorous

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Quotes by Richard Burton

Richard Burton

A man that hoards up riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that carries gold and eats thistles.

How strange are the tricks of memory, which, often hazy as a dream about the most important events of a man’s life, religiously preserve the merest trifles.

Little islands are all large prisons: one cannot look at the sea without wishing for the wings of a swallow.

One of the gladdest moments of human life, methinks, is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands. Shaking off with one mighty effort the fetters of habit, the leaden weight of routine, the cloak of many cares and the slavery of home, man feels once more happy.

This diamond has so many carats it’s almost a turnip.

When I played drunks I had to remain sober because I didn’t know how to play them when I was drunk.

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