To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Topic

Journey vs. destination Travel

Author

Robert Louis Stevenson

Source

Virginibus Puerisque

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1881 1880s 19th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Stevenson, Robert Louis. "El Dorado." Virginibus Puerisque, and Other Papers. London: C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1881.

Current Citation

Stevenson, Robert Louis. "El Dorado." Essays I: Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers, edited by Robert-Louis Abrahamson. Edinburgh University Press, 2018.

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There are no foreign land; it is the traveller only that is foreign.

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Topic
Travel

Author

Robert Louis Stevenson
Source
The Silverado Squatters
Genre
Autobiography and memoir Travel writing
Language
English
Time
1883 1880s 19th century
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Citation

Stevenson, Robert Louis. The Silverado Squatters. London: Chatto & Windus, 1883, pt. 2, ch. 3.

Another quote from the 1880s

In revenge and in love woman is more barbarous than man.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Beyond Good and Evil

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Topic
Nature of women Men and women

Author

Friedrich Nietzsche
Source
Beyond Good and Evil
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
German
Time
1886 1880s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Jenseits von Gut und Böse: Vorspiel einer Philosophie der Zukunft [Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future]. Leipzig: C. G. Naumann, 1886, ch. 4, no. 134.

Current Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Beyond Good and Evil, translated by R. J. Hollingdale. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 4, no. 134.

Another quote about Travel

Happy is he who, like Ulysses, has made a glorious voyage.

Joachim Du Bellay

Les Regrets

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Topic
Effects of travel Travel

Author

Joachim Du Bellay
Source
Les Regrets
Medium
Poem
Language
French
Time
1558 1550s 16th century
Authentication Score 1
Original Citation

Du Bellay, Joachim. "Heureux qui, comme Ulysse, a fait un beau voyage." Les Regrets. Paris: Fédéric Morel, 1558.

Current Citation

Du Bellay, Joachim. "Happy is he who, like Ulysses, has made a fine journey." The Regrets, translated by David R. Slavitt. Northwestern University Press, 2003.