"We were very kindly received by the English merchants to whom my companion had letters, and we set ourselves to learn what was the real state of things in Mexico."

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Source : Edward Burnett Tylor (1861). “Anahuac; Or, Mexico and the Mexicans: Ancient and Modern”, p.19

Edward Burnett Tylor

#Real Quotes #Mexico Quotes #Letters Quotes

“I wouldn't trust Newcastle's back five to protect my garden gnomes from squirrels.”
“Fans are almost always nice. I really find that they rarely come on too strong.”
“I like glamour. Not afraid of it.”
“When you're starting out as an actor people are very interested in who you are because they want to know where they can put you. And quite often, and we're all guilty of this is our lives, we judge very quickly and we pigeon-hole people very quickly based on how they look and how they talk and how they dress and we think: "Oh yeah, we know who you are."”
“Life is tough, man. No one is spared from obstacles and trials, but there is such a beautiful plan for each of us. Just gotta let it happen.”
“Statisticians, like artists, have the bad habit of falling in love with their models.”
“O fresh-lit dawn! immortal life! O Earth's betrothal, sweet and true!”
“River is time in water; as it came, still so it flows, yet never is the same.”

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