"Anger is an expensive luxury in which only men of certain income can indulge."
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Quotes by George William Curtis
George William Curtis (1824-1892) was a prominent American writer, social reformer, and public speaker, whose eloquent advocacy for civil service reform and social justice left an indelible mark on 19th-century America. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, he became a leading voice against political corruption and a champion of literary pursuits, editing influential publications like Harper's Weekly. Curtis’s commitment to equality and civil rights, coupled with his mastery of the written word, cements his legacy as a pivotal figure in the American literary and reform movements.
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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"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
"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