"The uses of travel are occasional, and..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
The uses of travel are occasional, and short; but the best fruit it finds, when it finds it, is conversation; and this is a main function of life.
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“Perception is a mirror not a fact. And what I look on is my state of mind, reflected outward.”
“All power is of one kind, a sharing of the nature of the world. The mind that is parallel with the laws of nature will be in the current of events, and strong with their strength.”
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“It is your turn to say something now, Mr. Darcy. I talked about the dance, and you ought to make some kind of remark on the size of the room, or the number of couples.”
“There is no one who does not exaggerate. In conversation, men are encumbered with personality, and talk too much.”
“The true charm of pedestrians does not lie in the walking, or in the scenery, but in the talking.”
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“It has been said that a Scotchman has not seen the world until he has seen Edinburgh; and I think that I may say that an American has not seen the United States until he has seen Mardi Gras in New Orleans.”
“Go to foreign countries and you will get to know the good things one possesses at home.”
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.”