You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.
Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.
When one realizes that his life is worthless he either commits suicide or travels.
When one realizes that his life is worthless he either commits suicide or travels.
Every perfect traveller always creates the country where he travels.
Every perfect traveller always creates the country where he travels.
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.
Never a ship sails out of bay but carries my heart as a stowaway.
Never a ship sails out of bay but carries my heart as a stowaway.
I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.
I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.
My favourite thing is to go where I've never been.
My favourite thing is to go where I've never been.
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.
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.
