以下是哥伦布的一些名言:
1. "You know, I don't give a damn for a man who can only say he loves me; what I want is a man who can say in his actions that he loves me."
(你知道,我不在乎一个人只会在嘴上说爱我;我想要的是一个通过他的行动表明他爱我的人。)
2. "They [the Caribbean islands] are not islands, but a continent."
(它们[加勒比群岛]不是岛屿,而是一块大陆。)
3. "I did not come to the land of spices, nor in search of gold; but I came to find out whether the world was round or flat."
(我来这里不是为了寻找香料,也不是为了寻找黄金;我来是为了找出世界是圆的还是平的。)
4. "I have found a land which is more profitable than all the islands of the Indies."
(我找到了一个比所有印度群岛都更有利可图的陆地。)
5. "I am the man who discovered the Indies."
(我是发现印度群岛的人。)
这些名言反映了哥伦布的探险精神和他在历史上的地位。关于哥伦布的历史和成就,存在不同的观点和争议,上述名言可能并不完全准确地代表他的思想和观点。