[Ads-l] "old" proverb?

[Laurence Horn]

There are also adages of the form

He travels best who travels alone.
He travels best who travels light.
He travels best who knows when to return.
He travels best who wears a coat from Aquascutum.

OK, I lied, the last one isn't an adage but an ad.

LH

> On Feb 24, 2016, at 1:28 PM, George Thompson <george.thompson at nyu.edu> wrote:
> 
> My father was struck by a line from Kipling (he said): "Down to Gehenna or
> up to a throne, he travels the fastest who travels alone."
> 
> So this is a matter of "what has oft been thought, but ne'er so well
> expressed" -- or at least, "ne'er attributed to Africans".
> 
> GAT
> 
> On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 7:55 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Se. Cory Booker cites "the old African proverb,
>> 
>> 'If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.'"
>> 
>> Could be legit, but is it?
>> 
>> JL
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