Quotes by George William Curtis

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Journalist · American · 1824–1892

American journalist (1824–1892)

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“Happiness lies first of all in health.”

“Happiness lies first of all in health.”

“Nature makes woman to be won and men to win.”

“The test of civilization is its estimate of women.”

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

“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.”

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Men Nature Woman Test Civilization Estimate Patriotism Loyalty Man Happiness First Lies Time Memory Poetry Luxury Expensive forgiveness

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

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

“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
Patriotism Loyalty Man

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

“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
Time Memory Poetry

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

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