For nature makes women to be won, and men to win.
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTISHeroes 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.
More George William Curtis Quotes
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Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.
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The world is not made for the prosperous alone, nor for the strong.
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Happiness is speechless.
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Stratagem is the right hand of cunning.
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The test of civilization is the estimate of woman.
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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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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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It is not observed in history that families improve with time.
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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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A river is the cosiest of friends. You must love it and live with it before you can know it.
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Happiness lies, first of all, in health.
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Criticism is not construction, it is observation.
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Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.
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Dreams come true if you survive the hard times!
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While we read history we make history.
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