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.
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTISI walked beside the evening sea And dreamed a dream that could not be; The waves that plunged along the shore Said only: “Dreamer, dream no more!”
More George William Curtis Quotes
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Anger is an expensive luxury in which only men of certain income can indulge.
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The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.
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Patriotism is the vital condition of national permanence.
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Our common liberty is consecrated by a common sorrow.
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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 test of civilization is the estimate of woman.
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Our great social and political advantage is opportunity.
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True invective requires great imagination.
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While we read history we make history.
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Happiness lies, first of all, in health.
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A journal should be neither an echo nor a pander.
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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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Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.
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Prussia is great because her people are intelligent. They know the alphabet. The alphabet is conquering the world.
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Life is a rich strain of music, suggesting a realm too fair to be.
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