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Down to Gehenna or up to the throne,
He travels the fastest who travel alone.
Down to Gehenna or up to the throne,
He travels the fastest who travel alone.
As the Spanish proverb says, "He who would bring home the wealth
of the Indies must carry the wealth read more
As the Spanish proverb says, "He who would bring home the wealth
of the Indies must carry the wealth of the Indies with him." So
it is in traveling: a man must carry knowledge with him, if he
would bring home knowledge.
I am fevered with the sunset,
I am fretful with the bay,
For the wander-thirst is on read more
I am fevered with the sunset,
I am fretful with the bay,
For the wander-thirst is on me
And my soul is in Cathay.
Let him go abroad to a distant country; let him go to some place
where he is not known. read more
Let him go abroad to a distant country; let him go to some place
where he is not known. Don't let him go to the devil where he is
known.
Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the
elder, a part of experience. He that read more
Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the
elder, a part of experience. He that travelleth into a country
before he hath some entrance into the language, goeth to school,
and not to travel.
A wise traveler never despises his own country.
[It., Un viaggiatore prudente non disprezza mai il suo paese.]
A wise traveler never despises his own country.
[It., Un viaggiatore prudente non disprezza mai il suo paese.]
Know most of the rooms of thy native country before thou goest
over the threshold thereof.
Know most of the rooms of thy native country before thou goest
over the threshold thereof.
In traveling
I shape myself betimes to idleness
And take fools' pleasure.
In traveling
I shape myself betimes to idleness
And take fools' pleasure.
The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and,
instead of thinking how things may be, to read more
The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and,
instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.