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A wise traveler never despises his own country.

— Carlo Goldoni Pamela (1750)

Un viaggiatore prudente non disprezza mai il suo paese.

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The world is a beautiful book, but of little use to him who cannot read it.

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He who never leaves his country is full of prejudices.

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He who talks much cannot always talk well.

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Noble blood is an accident of fortune; noble actions characterise the great.

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He only half dies who leaves an image of himself in his sons.

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