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A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but he who goes from country to country, guided by the blind impulse of curiosity, is a vagabond.

Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774), Anglo-Irish author, poet, playwright. The Citizen of the World, letter 7 (1762).

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