A man’s country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTISPrussia is great because her people are intelligent. They know the alphabet. The alphabet is conquering the world.
More George William Curtis Quotes
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Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.
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Every great crisis of human history is a pass of Thermopylae, and there is always a Leonidas and his three hundred to die in it, if they can not conquer.
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For nature makes women to be won, and men to win.
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The world is not made for the prosperous alone, nor for the strong.
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A river is the cosiest of friends. You must love it and live with it before you can know it.
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The big mistake that men make is that when they turn thirteen or fourteen and all of a sudden they’ve reached puberty, they believe that they like women. Actually, you’re just horny. It doesn’t mean you like women any more at twenty-one than you did at ten.
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Patriotism is the vital condition of national permanence.
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It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that assures the prosperous voyage.
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Happiness is speechless.
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The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.
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Happiness lies, first of all, in health.
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Dreams come true if you survive the hard times!
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Our common liberty is consecrated by a common sorrow.
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The test of civilization is the estimate of woman.
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Prussia is great because her people are intelligent. They know the alphabet. The alphabet is conquering the world.
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS