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.

Quote by Emerson

Topics: Life Quotes, Witty Quotes

Take the place and attitude to which you see your unquestionable right, and all men...

Take the place and attitude to which you see your unquestionable right, and all men...

Nothing is ours except time.

Nothing is ours except time.

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though...

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though...

You learn more from ten days of agony than from ten years of content.

You learn more from ten days of agony than from ten years of content.

The course of a river is almost always disapproved of by the source.

The course of a river is almost always disapproved of by the source.

A permanent state of transition is man's most noble condition.

A permanent state of transition is man's most noble condition.

We deliberate not about ends, but about means.

We deliberate not about ends, but about means.

Imperfection is an end. Perfection is only an aim.

Imperfection is an end. Perfection is only an aim.

Every man is the architect of his own fortune.

Every man is the architect of his own fortune.