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One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight o

One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. – André Gide

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It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves — in finding themselves. – André Gide

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What a pity, when Christopher Columbus discovered America, that he ever mentioned it. – Margot Asquith

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We shall be inclined to pronounce the voyage that led to the way to this New World as the most epoch-making event of all that have occurred since the birth of Christ. – John Fiske

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Great scientific discoveries have been made by men seeking to verify quite erroneous theories about the nature of things. – Aldous Huxley, "Wordsworth in the Tropics"

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