Our common liberty is consecrated by a common sorrow.
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTISA 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.
More George William Curtis Quotes
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Dreams come true if you survive the hard times!
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The test of civilization is the estimate of woman.
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Imagination is as good as many voyages – and how much cheaper.
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The Pride of ancestry increases in the ratio of distance.
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Our great social and political advantage is opportunity.
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Progress begins with the minority. It is completed by persuading the majority, by showing the reason and the of the step forward, and that is accomplished by appealing to the intelligence of the majority.
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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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Happiness lies, first of all, in health.
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True invective requires great imagination.
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In the journey of the year, the autumn is Venice, spring is Naples, certainly, and the majestic maturity of summer is Rome.
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Reputation is favorable notoriety as distinguished from fame, which is permanent approval of great deeds and noble thoughts by the best intelligence of mankind.
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It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that assures the prosperous voyage.
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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 new year begins in a snow-storm of white vows.
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The world is not made for the prosperous alone, nor for the strong.
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