Branches Quote by George William Curtis

Stratagem is the right hand of cunning.

— George William Curtis

Happiness is speechless.

— George William Curtis

Prussia is great because her people are intelligent. They know the alphabet. The alphabet is conquering the world.

— George William Curtis

Through all history, from the beginning, a noble army of martyrs have fought fiercely and fallen bravely for that unseen mistress, their country. So,…

— George William Curtis

The test of civilization is the estimate of woman. Among savages she is a slave. In the dark ages of Christianity she is a…

— George William Curtis

The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.

— George William Curtis

The sure foundations of the state are laid in knowledge, not in ignorance; and every sneer at education, at culture, at book learning, which…

— George William Curtis

True invective requires great imagination.

— 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…

— George William Curtis

I walked beside the evening sea And dreamed a dream that could not be; The waves that plunged along the shore Said only: "Dreamer,…

— George William Curtis

A tree which has lost its head will never recover it again, and will survive only as a monument of the ignorance and folly…

— George William Curtis

While we read history we make history.

— George William Curtis