The test of civilization is the estimate of woman.
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTISOur great social and political advantage is opportunity.
More George William Curtis Quotes
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Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.
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While we read history we make history.
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The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.
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Our common liberty is consecrated by a common sorrow.
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It is not observed in history that families improve with time.
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Patriotism is the vital condition of national permanence.
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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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Happiness is speechless.
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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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Criticism is not construction, it is observation.
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The world is not made for the prosperous alone, nor for the strong.
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The big mistake that men make is that when they turn thirteen or fourteen and all of a sudden they’ve reached puberty, they believe that they like women. Actually, you’re just horny. It doesn’t mean you like women any more at twenty-one than you did at ten.
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Imagination is as good as many voyages – and how much cheaper.
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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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True invective requires great imagination.
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