George William Curtis Quotes

Anger is an expensive luxury in which only men of certain income can indulge.

George William Curtis

Happiness lies first of all in health.

George William Curtis

Imagination is as good as many voyages - and how much cheaper!

George William Curtis

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

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 test of civilization is its estimate of women.

George William Curtis

Nature makes woman to be won and men to win.

George William Curtis