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 More Quotes by George William Curtis More Quotes From George William Curtis Heroes in history seem to us poetic because they are there. But if we should tell the simple truth of some of our neighbors, it would sound like poetry. George William Curtis simple hero sound Patriotism is the vital condition of national permanence. George William Curtis memorial-day conditions memorial Imagination is as good as many voyages - and how much cheaper. George William Curtis creativity imagination journey Our great social and political advantage is opportunity. George William Curtis political social opportunity For nature makes women to be won, and men to win. George William Curtis winning men Criticism is not construction, it is observation. George William Curtis observation construction criticism 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 Curtis rewards vices half 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 George William Curtis In our time the hot abjuration to keep politics out of the pulpit is merely the way the 19th Century offers the thirty pieces of silver. George William Curtis The test of civilization is its estimate of women. George William Curtis estimate test women civilization Nature makes woman to be won and men to win. George William Curtis woman women nature men
