The road less traveled makes all the difference

Meaning: Unconventional choices often lead to the most meaningful outcomes.

Origin: From Robert Frost's poem 'The Road Not Taken' (1916).

Translations

• French: Les chemins les moins fréquentés mènent souvent le plus loin (literally: The least traveled paths often lead furthest)
• Spanish: El camino menos transitado hace toda la diferencia (literally: The less traveled road makes all the difference)
• Japanese: 人の行く裏に道あり花の山 (Hito no yuku ura ni michi ari hana no yama) (literally: Behind where people go, there is a mountain of flowers)

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