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"Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others."

"Civilized society is perpetually menaced with disintegration through this primary hostility of men towards one another."
Explore more quotes by Christopher Columbus

"Tomorrow morning before we depart, I intend to land and see what can be found in the neighborhood."

"For this purpose I determined to keep an account of the voyage, and to write down punctually every thing we performed or saw from day to day, as will hereafter appear."

"Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this world, and succeeds in helping souls into paradise."

"I ordered each man to be presented with something, as strings of ten or a dozen glass beads apiece, and thongs of leather, all which they estimated highly; those which came on board I directed should be fed with molasses."

"For the execution of the voyage to the Indies, I did not make use of intelligence, mathematics or maps."

"I am not solicitous to examine particularly everything here, which indeed could not be done in fifty years, because my desire is to make all possible discoveries, and return to your Highnesses, if it please our Lord, in April."

"These people are very unskilled in arms... with 50 men they could all be subjected and made to do all that one wished."

"Sailed this day nineteen leagues, and determined to count less than the true number, that the crew might not be dismayed if the voyage should prove long."

"I am a most noteworthy sinner, but I have cried out to the Lord for grace and mercy, and they have covered me completely. I have found the sweetest consolation since I made it my whole purpose to enjoy His marvellous Presence."
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