Samuel Johnson Quote on Travelling

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"The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are."

I'm not necessarily certain I agree with the meaning or sentiment of this one.

Girolamo Savonarola, Thursday, 16 September 2004 19:59 (twenty-one years ago)

The word 'use' is problematic. I am certainly not alone in enjoying travel sometimes almost for it's own sake. Similar to sitting at a cafe and watching the world go by, watching the scenery pass during a long drive or train ride may itself be the most pleasurable part of the journey.

Michael White (Hereward), Thursday, 16 September 2004 20:43 (twenty-one years ago)


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