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 ridiculous.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Some Similar Quotes
  1. I do not know where to go, but I have been on the road. - Miyakahi Hayao

  2. While she was in transit, being unattached was exhilarating, but the moment she stopped, so did the high. - Whitney Otto

  3. The natural tenderness and delicacy of our constitution, added to the many dangers we are subject to from your sex, renders it almost impossible for a single lady to travel without injury to her character. And those who have a protector in a husband have,... - Abigail Adams

  4. The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. - Lao Tzu

  5. Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow. - Anita Desai

More Quotes By Ralph Waldo Emerson
  1. Love, and you shall be loved.

  2. He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time he looks at the object beloved, drawing from it with his eyes and his mind those virtues which it possesses.

  3. The Artist always has the masters in his eyes.

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

  5. It is not the length of life, but the depth.

Related Topics