Original text: J'ai tant de sentiments et d'idées qui me sont communes avec les Anglais, que l'Angleterre est devenue pour moi une seconde patrie intellectuelle.
• Voyages en Angleterre et en Irlande (Journeys to England and Ireland), 1835.
• Voyages en Angleterre et en Irlande (Journeys to England and Ireland), 1835.
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So many of my thoughts and feelings are shared by the English that England has turned into a second native land of the mind for me.
— Alexis de Tocqueville
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• Voyages en Angleterre et en Irlande (Journeys to England and Ireland), 1835." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Alexis de Tocqueville" (Quotes, 1830s)
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About Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis-Charles-Henri Clérel de Tocqueville (29 July 1805 – 16 April 1859) was a French political thinker and historian, most famous for his work Democracy in America.
About Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis-Charles-Henri Clérel de Tocqueville (29 July 1805 – 16 April 1859) was a French political thinker and historian, most famous for his work Democracy in America.
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