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Quote by Oscar Wilde
Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself wo

Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had merely been detected. – Oscar Wilde

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Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to. – Oscar Wilde

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Self-Control
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Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them. – Oscar Wilde

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Parents
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Every one of us has in him a continent of undiscovered character. Blessed is he who acts the Columbus to his own soul. – Author Unknown

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Columbus Day

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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Columbus Day

He completed the universe, he achieved the physical unity of the globe. – Lamartine

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Columbus Day

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

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