# Quote — Matt Hughes, Fools Errant

> Coming whence you do, you doubtless assume that the mores and customs of your own land arise from the workings of simple human nature. But human nature is far from simple, and what appears natural in your own milieu may seem chillingly alien when transported into some foreign sphere.

- Author: [Matt Hughes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/matt-hughes.md)
- Book: [Fools Errant](https://www.leafyquotes.com/matt-hughes/fools-errant.md)
- Page: 30
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Matthew_Hughes_(writer)#Fools_Errant_(1994)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/matt-hughes/fools-errant/coming-whence-you

## More from this book

> “This conversation would be more easily conducted,” said Filidor, “if I had any notion of what you are talking about.”

p. 124 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/matt-hughes/fools-errant/this-conversation-would.md)

> “We all use the world, and are used by it,” he said, after a moment. “Some of us are more aware than others of using and being used. It is our fortune to have fewer illusions.”

p. 136 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/matt-hughes/fools-errant/we-all-use.md)

> “I will inform the world of your preference,” said Gaskarth, “but I doubt it will lead to any significant improvements in your lot.”

p. 136 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/matt-hughes/fools-errant/i-will-inform.md)