"A tree which has lost its head will……" — 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 of its Tormentor."
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George William Curtis
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34 Quotes by George William Curtis
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Patriotism is the vital condition of national permanence.
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Imagination is as good as many voyages - and how much cheaper.
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While we read history we make history.
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Our great social and political advantage is opportunity.
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The sure foundations of the state are laid in knowledge, not in ignorance; and every sneer at education, at culture,…
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I think that to have known one good, old man-one man, who, through the chances and mischances of a long…
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Patriotism, or the peculiar relation of an individual to his country, is like the family instinct. In the child it…
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Dreams come true if you survive the hard times!
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There is very little moral mixture in the 'Antislavery' feeling of this country. A great deal is abstract philanthropy; part…
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Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.
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Life is a rich strain of music, suggesting a realm too fair to be.
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Reputation is favorable notoriety as distinguished from fame, which is permanent approval of great deeds and noble thoughts by the…
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