"The air soft as that of Seville in……" — Christopher Columbus
"The air soft as that of Seville in April, and so fragrant that it was delicious to breathe it."
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Christopher Columbus
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50 Quotes by Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus has 50 quotes on this site.
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Nothing that results in human progress is achieved with unanimous consent. Those that are enlightened before the others are condemned…
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The sea will grant each man new hope, and sleep will bring dreams of home.
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Weep for me, whoever has charity, truth and justice! I did not come on this voyage for gain, honor or…
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And they know neither sect nor idolatry, with the exception that all believe that the source of all power and…
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Here the people could stand it no longer and complained of the long voyage; but the Admiral cheered them as…
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The two Christians met on the way many people who were going to their towns, women and men, with a…
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I should be judged as a captain who went from Spain to the Indies to conquer a people numerous and…
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It is true that after they have been reassured and have lost this fear, they are so artless and so…
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A hundred castellanoes are as easily obtained for a woman as for a farm, and it is very general and…
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I have always read that the world, both land and water, was spherical, as the authority and researches of Ptolemy…
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I should not proceed by land to the East, as is customary, but by a Westerly route, in which direction…
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Thus the eternal God, our Lord, gives victory to those who follow His way over apparent impossibilities.
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More Air Quotes
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On some summer days in New York City, the air hangs thickly visible, like the combined exhalations of eight million…
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It's much easier to wear a Chairman Mao button and shake your fists in the air and all that, then…
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Let us never forget this: since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone. When you think of…
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Lexington did launch its air group when a Japanese carrier was reported.
— Jack Adams
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Kisses, even to the air, are beautiful.
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I love roller coasters that make my stomach drop. One ride in Las Vegas, the Big Shot, straps you into…
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Obviously, the young dancers lack a certain air of maturity.
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The nation that secures control of the air will ultimately control the world.
— Alexander Graham Bell
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A rose is the visible result of an infinitude of complicated goings on in the bosom of the earth and…
— Clive Bell
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When friendship disappears then there is a space left open to that awful loneliness of the outside world which is…
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