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William Hazlitt

It is not fit that every man should travel it makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.

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Traveling can improve a person who already thinks carefully and learns from experience, but it can also lead someone who lacks good judgment to become more confused or misguided. Therefore, not everyone benefits from traveling in the same way, and it can sometimes make a person's character worse rather than better.

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