Thomas Hood's Quote - Some minds improve by travel, others, rather, resemble copper wire

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Some minds improve by travel, others, rather, resemble copper wire

Some minds improve by travel, others, rather, resemble copper wire, or brass, which get the narrower by going farther. – Thomas Hood

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But who would rush at a benighted man, and give him two black eyes for being blind? – Thomas Hood

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There is even a happiness – that makes the heart afraid. – Thomas Hood

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Gold! Gold! Gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold. – Thomas Hood

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When I was deputy chairman I could travel from Glasgow to Edinburgh without leaving Tory land. In a two-week period I covered every constituency in which we had an MP. There were 14. Now we have only one. We appear to have given up. – Jeffrey Archer

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I travel the world, and Im happy to say that America is still the great melting pot – maybe a chunky stew rather than a melting pot at this point, but you know what I mean. – Philip Glass

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A journey by Sea and Land, Five Hundred Miles, is not undertaken without money. – Lewis Hallam

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My wife and I have so much fun when we travel and find anything… like stray cats and squirrels. – Eric Roberts

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