I 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!”
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTISBooks are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.
More George William Curtis Quotes
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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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Imagination is as good as many voyages – and how much cheaper.
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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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Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.
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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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Happiness lies, first of all, in health.
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For nature makes women to be won, and men to win.
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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.
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The new year begins in a snow-storm of white vows.
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Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.
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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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Criticism is not construction, it is observation.
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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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