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A wise traveller never despises his own country.
A wise traveller never despises his own country.
Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.
Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.
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.
I have just been all round the world and have formed a very poor opinion of it.
I have just been all round the world and have formed a very poor opinion of it.
Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.
Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.
In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in Fench; I never did succeed in making those idiots read more
In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in Fench; I never did succeed in making those idiots understand their own language.
I should like to spend the whole of my life in travelling abroad, if I could anywhere borrow another life read more
I should like to spend the whole of my life in travelling abroad, if I could anywhere borrow another life to spend afterwards at home.
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.
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
