Walden 78] The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.Down to Gehenna, or up to the Throne, He travels fastest who travels alone.
[1888 R. Kipling Story of Gadsby (1889) 94]Hale's gone already. I suppose he will have to. ‘He travels fastest who travels alone’ anyway.
[1921 E. Waugh Journal 19 June in Diaries (1979) 129]The reason I can ‘do what I do’ is because I've never married. He travels fastest who travels alone, and that goes double for she.
[1989 F. King Reflections in Jaundiced Eye iv.]Related to: efficiency and ineffiency; independence; travelBibliography of major proverb collections and works cited from modern editions is available here.
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