The world is not made for the prosperous alone, nor for the strong.
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTISThe Pride of ancestry increases in the ratio of distance.
More George William Curtis Quotes
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Heroes in history seem to us poetic because they are there. But if we should tell the simple truth of some of our neighbors, it would sound like poetry.
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It is not observed in history that families improve with time.
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Our great social and political advantage is opportunity.
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Our common liberty is consecrated by a common sorrow.
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A tree which has lost its head will never recover it again, and will survive only as a monument of the ignorance and folly of its Tormentor.
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Criticism is not construction, it is observation.
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The test of civilization is the estimate of woman.
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It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that assures the prosperous voyage.
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Anger is an expensive luxury in which only men of certain income can indulge.
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The Pride of ancestry increases in the ratio of distance.
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The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.
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Dreams come true if you survive the hard times!
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Imagination is as good as many voyages – and how much cheaper.
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True invective requires great imagination.
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Virtue does not truly reward her votary if she leaves him sad and half doubtful whether it would not have been better to serve vice.
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