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Vita Sackville-West

Travel is the most private of pleasures. There is no greater bore than the travel bore. We do not in the least want to hear what he has seen in Hong Kong.

Vita Sackville-West

Travel

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Travel is a deeply personal experience that people prefer to keep to themselves rather than share endlessly. Listening to someone who constantly talks about their trips, especially in a dull or boastful way, quickly becomes tiresome.

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