Quote by Margot Asquith
What a pity, when Christopher Columbus discovered America, that he

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

Other quotes by Margot Asquith

There are big men, men of intellect, intellectual men, men of talent and men of action; but the great man is difficult to find, and it needs –apart from discernment –a certain greatness to find him. – Margot Asquith

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Genius
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It is always dangerous to generalize, but the American people, while infinitely generous, are a hard and strong race and, but for the few cemeteries I have seen, I am inclined to think they never die. – Margot Asquith

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America
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Columbus Day
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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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Columbus Day

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. – Marcel Proust

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Columbus Day

Women have been taught that, for us, the earth is flat, and that if we venture out, we will fall off the edge. – Author Unknown

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Columbus Day

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

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Columbus Day

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