A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but…

Oliver Goldsmith
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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 (1809). The Citizen of the World; Or, Letters from a Chinese Philosopher: Residing in London, to His Friends in the Country, p.24
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