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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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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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.
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.
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Life is a rich strain of music, suggesting a realm too fair to be.
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTISLife is a rich strain of music, suggesting a realm too fair to be.
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Stratagem is the right hand of cunning.
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTISStratagem is the right hand of cunning.
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It is not observed in history that families improve with time.
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTISIt is not observed in history that families improve with time.
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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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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.
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTISEvery 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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Patriotism is the vital condition of national permanence.
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTISPatriotism is the vital condition of national permanence.
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Happiness is speechless.
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTISHappiness is speechless.
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Romance like a ghost escapes touching; it is always where you are not, not where you are. The interview or conversation was prose at the time, but it is poetry in the memory.
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTISRomance like a ghost escapes touching; it is always where you are not, not where you are. The interview or conversation was prose at the time, but it is poetry in the memory.
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Happiness lies, first of all, in health.
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTISHappiness lies, first of all, in health.
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Dreams come true if you survive the hard times!
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTISDreams come true if you survive the hard times!
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A river is the cosiest of friends. You must love it and live with it before you can know it.
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTISA river is the cosiest of friends. You must love it and live with it before you can know it.
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Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTISAge is a matter of feeling, not of years.
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Anger is an expensive luxury in which only men of certain income can indulge.
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTISAnger is an expensive luxury in which only men of certain income can indulge.
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