Each day we understand better what the Indians say, and they us, so that very often we are intelligible to each other.
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUSGold is the most precious of all commodities.
More Christopher Columbus Quotes
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You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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Nothing that results in human progress is achieved with unanimous consent. Those that are enlightened before the others are condemned to pursue that light in spite of the others.
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Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this world, and succeeds in helping souls into paradise.
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I have come to believe that this is a mighty continent which was hitherto unknown.
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Riches don’t make a man rich, they only make him busier.
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Gold is the most precious of all commodities.
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I’m telling you that India is that way, now set my course.
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It is hoped that by God’s assistance, some of the continents in the Ocean will be discovered for the Glory of God.
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Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World.
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Tomorrow morning before we depart, I intend to land and see what can be found in the neighborhood.
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The air soft as that of Seville in April, and so fragrant that it was delicious to breathe it.
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By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination.
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For the execution of the voyage to the Indies, I did not make use of intelligence, mathematics or maps.
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It is easy to discover what another has discovered before.
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My desire was not to pass any island without taking possession, so that, one having been taken, the same may be said of all.
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