95 Quotes by Bayard Taylor

London has the advantage of one of the most gloomy atmospheres in the world.

The view of the Rocky Mountains from the Divide near Kiowa Creek is considered one of the finest in Colorado.

Fame is what you have taken, character is what you give; when to this truth you waken then you begin to live.

In the glory which overhangs Palestine afar off, we imagine emotions which never come, when we tread the soil and walk over the hallowed sites.

People can't see that if I had not been a poet, I could never have had such success as a traveler.

The more I see of the Swedes, the more I am convinced that there is no kinder, simpler, and honester people in the world.

Could one live on the sense of beauty alone, exempt from the necessity of 'creature comforts,' a sea-voyage would be delightful.

Verily there is nothing in all Europe so beautiful as Valldemosa.

Although Damascus is considered the oldest city in the world, the date of its foundation going beyond tradition, there are very few relics of antiquity in or near it.