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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.
The man who goes out alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other read more
The man who goes out alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.
The longest journey a man must take is the eighteen inches from his head to his heart
The longest journey a man must take is the eighteen inches from his head to his heart
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.
Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
Your true traveller finds boredom rather agreeable than painful. It is the symbol of his liberty - his excessive freedom. read more
Your true traveller finds boredom rather agreeable than painful. It is the symbol of his liberty - his excessive freedom. He accepts his boredom, when it comes, not merely philosophically, but almost with pleasure.
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.
Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car.
Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car.
How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else.
How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else.
