Quote #166

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 travelling; a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.

More from Samuel Johnson

  1. All theory is against the freedom of the will; all experience for it.
  2. It is better to live rich, than to die rich.
  3. Pleasure of itself is not a vice.
  4. The insolence of wealth will creep out.
  5. I am willing to love all mankind, except an American.
  6. All censure of a man's self is oblique praise. It is in order to shew how much he can spare.
  7. A country governed by a despot is an inverted cone.
  8. Wine makes a man more pleased with himself. I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others.

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