"There are only two families in the world, as a grandmother of mine used to say: the haves and the have-nots."

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When Miguel de Cervantes speaks about travel, it invites us to pause and reflect on our own journey. How often do we consider the subtle impacts of travel in our daily lives? This thought-provoking perspective challenges conventional wisdom and encourages a deeper understanding of ourselves.

About Miguel de Cervantes

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra was a Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelists. He is best known for his two-part novel Don Quixote, a work considered to be the first modern novel. Don Quixote has been labelled by many well-known authors as the "best book of all time" and the "best and most central work in world literature".

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