Our great social and political advantage is opportunity.
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTISIt is not observed in history that families improve with time.
More George William Curtis Quotes
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Patriotism is the vital condition of national permanence.
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Stratagem is the right hand of cunning.
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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 journal should be neither an echo nor a pander.
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Good taste consists first upon fitness.
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The new year begins in a snow-storm of white vows.
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The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.
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Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.
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While we read history we make history.
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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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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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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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Criticism is not construction, it is observation.
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