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Burden Quotes

Intelligence rules the world, ignorance carries the burden.

Intelligence rules the world, ignorance carries the burden.

Marcus Garvey (1988). “Marcus Garvey Life and Lessons: A Centennial Companion to the Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers”, p.189, Univ of California Press

Being handsome wasn't much of a burden. It worked for me.

"David Bailey: What I've Learned" by Johnny Davis, www.esquire.com. June 2, 2014.

...There are too many idiots in this world. And having said it, I have the burden of proving it.

Frantz Fanon (1967). “Black Skin, White Masks”, p.9, Pluto Press

The prosecutor, who is supposed to carry the burden of proof, really is an author.

"To hell with Perry Mason". The Observer Interview, www.theguardian.com. November 24, 2002.

I still believe in love. I always will. It's my blessing and my burden.

Walter Kirn (2006). “Mission to America”, p.167, Anchor

Total non-retention has kept my education from being a burden to me.

Flannery O'Connor (1988). “The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor”, p.165, Macmillan