Prussia is great because her people are intelligent. They know the alphabet. The alphabet is conquering the world. George William Curtis More Quotes by George William Curtis More Quotes From George William Curtis Happiness lies, first of all, in health. George William Curtis fitnessmotivationallying 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 memorial-dayloyaltycountry It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that assures the prosperous voyage. George William Curtis smooth-sailingachievementjourney I walked beside the evening sea George William Curtis eveningseadream The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose. George William Curtis kindnessmotivationalpeace Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom. George William Curtis libraryreadingbook The test of civilization is the estimate of woman. Among savages she is a slave. In the dark ages of Christianity she is a toy and a sentimental goddess. With increasing moral light, and greater liberty, and more universal justice, she begins to develop as an equal human being. George William Curtis lightdarkcivilization 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 Curtis conquerhundredthree 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 teenagemistakebelieve 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. In poetic minds and in popular enthusiasm this feeling becomes closely associated with the soil and the symbols of the country. But the secret sanctification of the soil and the symbol is the idea which they represent, and this idea the patriot worships through the name and the symbol, as a lover kisses with rapture the glove of his mistress and wears a lock of her hair upon his heart. George William Curtis loyaltyheartcountry While we read history we make history. George William Curtis history A journal should be neither an echo nor a pander. George William Curtis echoesjournalismshould The test of civilization is the estimate of woman. George William Curtis dark-agestestscivilization Happiness is speechless. George William Curtis speechlesslife Age is a matter of feeling, not of years. George William Curtis friendsbirthdayyears The new year begins in a snow-storm of white vows. George William Curtis new-yeardeterminationyears Life is a rich strain of music, suggesting a realm too fair to be. George William Curtis richinspirationallife 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. George William Curtis ignorancelosttree 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 romantic-loveromancememories In the journey of the year, the autumn is Venice, spring is Naples, certainly, and the majestic maturity of summer is Rome. George William Curtis autumnsummerspring
