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.
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTISIn the journey of the year, the autumn is Venice, spring is Naples, certainly, and the majestic maturity of summer is Rome.
More George William Curtis Quotes
-
-
Our great social and political advantage is opportunity.
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS -
Stratagem is the right hand of cunning.
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS -
Books of entertainment first led Adam Clarke to believe in a spiritual world.
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS -
The world is not made for the prosperous alone, nor for the strong.
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS -
The test of civilization is the estimate of woman.
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS -
Happiness lies, first of all, in health.
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS -
Good taste consists first upon fitness.
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS -
True invective requires great imagination.
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS -
Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS -
For nature makes women to be won, and men to win.
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS -
It is not observed in history that families improve with time.
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS -
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.
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS -
The new year begins in a snow-storm of white vows.
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS -
Imagination is as good as many voyages – and how much cheaper.
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS -
In the journey of the year, the autumn is Venice, spring is Naples, certainly, and the majestic maturity of summer is Rome.
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS