Lavengro Quotes

“There's night and day, brother, both sweet things; sun, moon, and stars, brother, all sweet things; there's likewise a wind on the heath. Life is very sweet, brother; who would wish to die?”
― George Borrow, Lavengro

“Translation is at best an echo.”
― George Borrow, Lavengro

“There’s the wind on the heath, brother; if I could only feel that, I would gladly live for ever.”
― George Borrow, Lavengro

“[M]ischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness.”
― George Borrow, Lavengro