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The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.
The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.
No man should travel until he has learned the language of the country he visits. Otherwise he voluntarily makes himself read more
No man should travel until he has learned the language of the country he visits. Otherwise he voluntarily makes himself a great baby-so helpless and so ridiculous.
A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.
A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.
Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce read more
Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.
Journeys, like artists, are born and not made. A thousand differing circumstances contribute to them, few of them willed or read more
Journeys, like artists, are born and not made. A thousand differing circumstances contribute to them, few of them willed or determined by the will --whatever we may think.
To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.
To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.
Every perfect traveller always creates the country where he travels.
Every perfect traveller always creates the country where he travels.
No vacation goes unpunished.
No vacation goes unpunished.
A wise traveller never despises his own country.
A wise traveller never despises his own country.
