One should always have one’s boots on and be ready to leave.
—Michel de Montaigne, 1580
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There is nothing worse for mortals than a wandering life.
—Homer, c. 750 BCTraveling is the ruin of all happiness! There’s no looking at a building here after seeing Italy.
—Fanny Burney, 1782The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes “sightseeing.”
—Daniel Boorstin, 1961Thanks to the interstate highway system, it is now possible to travel from coast to coast without seeing anything.
—Charles Kuralt, c. 1980