Richard Burton

Richard Burton quotes

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

An actor is something less than a man, while an actress is something more than a woman.

False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports.

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.

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Richard spent time as an officer cadet in the RAFin the late 1940's, but was unable to be a pilot due to his lack of perfect eyesight.

Richard was accepted to Oxford University when he was only 16 years old.

He was the twelfth child of 13 children born to Richard ‘Dic’ Walter and Edith Jenkins.

Richard's mother died when he was only 2 years old and he was then raised by his sister, Cis.

Since Elizabeth was unable to have any more children, she and Richard adopted a German girl as their daugh... (more Richard Burton trivia)

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