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Francis Kilvert
5 quotes
“Of all noxious animals, too, the most noxious is a tourist. And of all tourists the most vulgar, ill-bred, offensive and loathsome is the British tourist.”
Francis Kilvert (1840–1879) first seen 1870 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 5 April 1870
“The Vicar of St Ives says the smell of fish there is sometimes so terrific as to stop the church clock.”
Francis Kilvert (1840–1879) first seen 1870 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 21 July 1870
“It is a fine thing to be out on the hills alone. A man can hardly be a beast or a fool alone on a great mountain.”
Francis Kilvert (1840–1879) first seen 1871 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 29 May 1871
“An angel satyr walks these hills.”
Francis Kilvert (1840–1879) first seen 1871 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 20 June 1871
“Why do I keep this voluminous journal? I can hardly tell. Partly because life seems to me such a curious and wonderful thing that it seems a pity that even such a humble and uneventful life as mine should pass altogether away without some such record as this, and partly too because I think the record may amuse and interest some who come after me.”
Francis Kilvert (1840–1879) first seen 1874 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 4 November 1874