“The true traveler is he who goes on foot, and even then, he sits down a lot of the time.”
Colette (1873–1954) 1873-1954 French novelist: wrote Gigi
Paris From My Window (1944)
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“I'm a flawed character… I viewed this situation as one big lie that I repeated a lot of times.”
Lance Armstrong (1971) professional cyclist from the USA
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“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
Variant: A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
“So, I travel a lot. I hate traveling, I guess 'cause my dad used to beat me with a globe.”
Dave Attell (1965) comedian
"Skanks for the Memories"
“I think crime pays. The hours are good, you meet a lot of interesting people, you travel a lot.”
Woody Allen (1935) American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright, and musician
Take the Money and Run (1969).
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Czeslaw Milosz (1911–2004) Polish, poet, diplomat, prosaist, writer, and translator
"Child of Europe" (1946), trans. Jan Darowski
Daylight (1953)
“I've heard lots of people lie to themselves but they never fool anyone.”
Steve Martin (1945) American actor, comedian, musician, author, playwright, and producer
“Objects which are usually the motives of our travels by land and by sea are often overlooked and neglected if they lie under our eye.”
Ad quae noscenda iter ingredi, transmittere mare solemus, ea sub oculis posita neglegimu. ... Differimus tamquam saepe visuri, quod datur videre quotiens velis cernere.
Pliny the Younger (61–113) Roman writer
Letter 20, 1.
Letters, Book VIII
Context: Objects which are usually the motives of our travels by land and by sea are often overlooked and neglected if they lie under our eye.... We put off from time to time going and seeing what we know we have an opportunity of seeing when we please.
