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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

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

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Every ship that comes to America got its chart from Columbus. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for. – John A. Shedd, Salt from My Attic, 1928

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