The world is a country which nobody ever yet knew by description; one must travel through it one's self to be acquainted with it. (Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield)

The world is a country which nobody ever yet knew by description; one must travel through it one's self to be acquainted with it.

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

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