10 quotes by George William Curtis

“Anger is an expensive luxury in which only men of certain income can indulge.” — George William Curtis

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“Happiness lies first of all in health.” — George William Curtis

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“Imagination is as good as many voyages - and how much cheaper!” — George William Curtis

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“Reputation is favorable notoriety as distinguished from fame, which is permanent approval of great deeds and noble thoughts by the best intelligence of mankind.” — George William Curtis

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“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

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“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

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“Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.” — George William Curtis

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“The test of civilization is its estimate of women.” — George William Curtis

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“Nature makes woman to be won and men to win.” — George William Curtis

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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 h---y. It doesn't mean you like women any more at twenty-one than you did at ten.” — George William Curtis

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