On ne découvre pas de terre nouvelle sans consentir ? perdre de vue, d'abord et longtemps, tout rivage.
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One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.
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Les faux-monnayeurs [The Counterfeiters] (1925)
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Often misquoted as "Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore."
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Frequently misattributed to Christopher Columbus.Andre Gide
Gide, Andre
Gielgud, John
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