George William Curtis
George William Curtis
George William Curtiswas an American writer and public speaker, born in Providence, Rhode Island, of New Englander ancestry. A Republican, he spoke in favor of African American equality and civil rights...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth24 February 1824
CountryUnited States of America
fitness lying health
Happiness lies, first of all, in health.
dream sea evening
I walked beside the evening sea And dreamed a dream that could not be; The waves that plunged along the shore Said only: "Dreamer, dream no more!"
history
While we read history we make history.
teenage mistake believe
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.
motivational peace kindness
The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.
birthday years elderly
Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.
ignorance tree lost
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.
anger mind mistress
Anger, even when it punishes the faults of delinquents, ought not to precede reason as its mistress, but attend as a handmaid at the back of reason, to come to the front when bidden. For once it begins to take control of the mind, it calls just what it does cruelly.
half rewards vices
Virtue does not truly reward her votary if she leaves him sad and half doubtful whether it would not have been better to serve vice.
education intelligent people
Prussia is great because her people are intelligent. They know the alphabet. The alphabet is conquering the world.
summer spring autumn
In the journey of the year, the autumn is Venice, spring is Naples, certainly, and the majestic maturity of summer is Rome.
hero simple sound
Heroes in history seem to us poetic because they are there. But if we should tell the simple truth of some of our neighbors, it would sound like poetry.
spiritual book believe
Books of entertainment first led Adam Clarke to believe in a spiritual world.
progress minorities steps
Progress begins with the minority. It is completed by persuading the majority, by showing the reason and the of the step forward, and that is accomplished by appealing to the intelligence of the majority.