“Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers.”
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To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.
You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.
Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth. By simply not mentioning certain subjects... totalitarian propagandists have influenced opinion much more effectively than they could have by the most eloquent denunciations.
Europe is so well gardened that it resembles a work of art, a scientific theory, a neat metaphysical system. Man has re-created Europe in his own image.
