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June 21, 2004

Shakespeare weighs in on the contradictions of travel

“A traveller! By my faith, you have great reason to be sad: I fear you have sold your own lands to see other men’s; then, to have seen much and to have nothing, is to have rich eyes and poor hands.”
–William Shakespeare, As You Like It (1599), Act 4, Scene 1

Note: David Stanley posted this quote in the “comments” section some days ago, and I thought it was worthy of bumping it up to the main page…

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