Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTISVirtue does not truly reward her votary if she leaves him sad and half doubtful whether it would not have been better to serve vice.
More George William Curtis Quotes
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Imagination is as good as many voyages – and how much cheaper.
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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 test of civilization is the estimate of woman.
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Our common liberty is consecrated by a common sorrow.
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Stratagem is the right hand of cunning.
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Our great social and political advantage is opportunity.
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It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that assures the prosperous voyage.
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The new year begins in a snow-storm of white vows.
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Patriotism is the vital condition of national permanence.
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Happiness is speechless.
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Life is a rich strain of music, suggesting a realm too fair to be.
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Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.
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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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True invective requires great imagination.
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Dreams come true if you survive the hard times!
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