The advantage of living abroad is that, coming in contact with the manners and customs of the people among whom you live, you observe them from the o… - William Somerset Maugham

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The advantage of living abroad is that, coming in contact with the manners and customs of the people among whom you live, you observe them from the outside and see that they have not the necessity which those who practice them believe. You cannot fail to discover that the beliefs which to you are self–evident to the foreigner are absurd.