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    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.

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In traveling
I shape myself betimes to idleness
And take fools' pleasure.

In traveling
I shape myself betimes to idleness
And take fools' pleasure.

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They change their sky, not their mind, who cross the sea. A busy
idleness possesses us: we seek a read more

They change their sky, not their mind, who cross the sea. A busy
idleness possesses us: we seek a happy life, with ships and
carriages: the object of our search is present with us.
[Lat., Coelum, non animum mutant, qui trans mare currunt.
Strenua nos exercet inertia, navibus atque
Quadrigis petimus bene vivere; quod petis hic est.]

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Follow the Romany Patteran
Sheer to the Austral light,
Where the bosom of God is the wild read more

Follow the Romany Patteran
Sheer to the Austral light,
Where the bosom of God is the wild west wind,
Sweeping the sea floors white.

by Rudyard Kipling Found in: Traveling Quotes,
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Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no
path and leave a trail.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no
path and leave a trail.

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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.

by Rudyard Kipling Found in: Traveling Quotes,
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The wonders of each region view,
From frozen Lapland to Peru.

The wonders of each region view,
From frozen Lapland to Peru.

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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.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Traveling Quotes,
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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.]

by Goldoni Found in: Traveling Quotes,
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He travels safest in the dark night who travels lightest.

He travels safest in the dark night who travels lightest.

by Hernando Cortez Found in: Traveling Quotes,
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