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“A man of ordinary talent will always be ordinary, whether he travels or not; but a man of superior talent (which I cannot deny myself to be without being impious) will go to pieces if he remains forever in the same place.”
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
“I soon realized that no journey carries one far unless, as it extends into the world around us, it goes an equal distance into the world within.” - Lillian Smith
















"Like all great travelers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen." - Benjamin Disraeli

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