Samuel Clemens traveled extensively and experienced countless cultures.
Let his wisdom inspire you to see the world.
Samuel Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, was one of the leading travelers of the 19th century.
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(Even if his use of “shall” dates him.)
Mark Twain’s quotes on travel will excite and inspire you, while still bringing you back to reality.
Browse some of Twain’s most famous quotes, all verified by theCenter for Mark Twain Studies.
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Lifetimes of ecstasy crowded into a single moment."
“Innocents Abroad,” 1869
“Consider well the proportion of things.
It is better to be a young June-bug than an old bird of paradise.”
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Courage is the foundation of integrity.
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear not absence of fear.
Education consists mainly in what we have unlearned.
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Everything has its limit iron ore cannot be educated into gold.
What is the most rigorous law of our being?
I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one.
Humor, to be comprehensible to anybody, must be built upon a foundation with which he is familiar.
The former is the quickest.
The funniest things are the forbidden.
Laughter without a tinge of philosophy is but a sneeze of humor.
Genuine humor is replete with wisdom.
Of course, no man is entirely in his right mind at any time.
When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
There are no people who are quite so vulgar as the over-refined.
