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Mary Wortley Montagu

We travellers are in very hard circumstances. If we say nothing but what has been said before us, we are dull and have observed nothing. If we tell anything new, we are laughed at as fabulous and romantic.

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Travelers face a difficult choice between repeating common stories, which makes them seem uninteresting, or sharing new experiences, which others often dismiss as unbelievable. This puts them in a tough position where honesty can lead to ridicule, while caution leads to boredom.

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