When you return to your old hometown, you find it wasnt the town you...

Who said "When you return to your old hometown, you find it wasnt the town you... "?

"When you return to your old hometown, you find it wasnt the town you... " is one of a famous quotes by Earl Wilson. Complete quote is as follows;
"When you return to your old hometown, you find it wasnt the town you missed, but your childhood."

What is "When you return to your old hometown, you find it wasnt the town you... "?

"When you return to your old hometown, you find it wasnt the town you missed, but your childhood." This is a quote by Earl Wilson which is about Happiness & Wisdom. He is known to have been associated with numerous other thought provoking quotes on these topics like;

• It were a real increase of human happiness, could all young men from the age of nineteen be covered under barrels, or rendered otherwise invisible and there left to follow their lawful studies and callings, till they emerged, sadder and wiser, at the age of twenty-five.
• Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.

What does "When you return to your old hometown, you find it wasnt the town you... " mean?

This quote is primarily about Wisdom although it also includes other themes like Happiness & Wisdom. It is attributed to Earl Wilson. Complete quote is as follows;
"When you return to your old hometown, you find it wasnt the town you missed, but your childhood."