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 Curtis
Anger, even when it punishes the faults of delinquents, ought not to precede reason as its mistress, but attend as a handmaid at the back of reason, to come to the front when bidden. For once it begins to take control of the mind, it calls just what it does cruelly.
George William Curtis
Happiness lies first of all in health.
George William Curtis
He is so old that his blood type was discontinued.
George William Curtis
Nature makes woman to be won and men to win.
George William Curtis
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 Curtis
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.
George William Curtis
The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.
George William Curtis
While we read history we make history.
George William Curtis
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Type:
Author
Date of Birth:
1824-02-24
Year of Death:
1892
Nationality:
American |