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

Heureux qui, comme Ulysse, a fait un beau 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

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

France Europe

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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.

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The soul of a journey is liberty, perfect liberty, to think, feel, do just as one pleases.

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William Hazlitt
Source
On Going on a Journey Table Talk (Hazlitt)
Genre
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Language
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Time
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Original Citation

Hazlitt, William. "On Going a Journey." Table-Talk; Or, Original Essays. Vol. 2, London: H. Colburn.

Current Citation

Hazlitt, William. "On Going a Journey." The Selected Writings of William Hazlitt, edited by Duncan Wu. Vol. 6, Routledge, 2020.

Another quote originally in French

If we had no faults of our own, we would not take so much pleasure in noticing those of others.

François de La Rochefoucauld

Reflections

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Character flaws

Author

François de La Rochefoucauld
Source
Reflections
Medium
Epigram
Language
French
Time
1678 1670s 17th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

La Rochefoucauld, Francois. Reflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims]. c. 1665.

Current Citation

La Rochefoucauld, Francois. Collected Maxims and Other Reflections, translated by E. H. and A. M. Blackmore and Francine Giguere. Oxford University Press, 2008.