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 CURTISWhile we read history we make history.
More George William Curtis Quotes
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Happiness lies, first of all, in health.
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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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True invective requires great imagination.
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Our common liberty is consecrated by a common sorrow.
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Our great social and political advantage is opportunity.
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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!”
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The world is not made for the prosperous alone, nor for the strong.
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Books of entertainment first led Adam Clarke to believe in a spiritual world.
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The test of civilization is the estimate of woman.
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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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Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.
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Anger is an expensive luxury in which only men of certain income can indulge.
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Criticism is not construction, it is observation.
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For nature makes women to be won, and men to win.
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The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.
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