"It is the most human and kindly of……" — George William Curtis
"It is the most human and kindly of seasons, as fully penetrated and irradiated with the feeling of human brotherhood, which is the essential spirit of Christianity, as the month of June with sunshine and the balmy breath of roses."
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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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Aromatic plants bestow no spicy fragrance while they grow; but crush'd or trodden to the ground, diffuse their balmy sweets…
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'Tis the soldier's life to have their balmy slumbers waked with strife.
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A springlike autumn's balmy breeze reaches afar. The sun shines on the house of a recluse South of the river;…
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When Spring unlocks the flowers To paint the laughing soil; When summer's balmy breezes Refresh the mower's toil; When winter…
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Hear the mellow wedding bells, Golden bells! What a world of happiness their harmony foretells Through the balmy air of…
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How happy he whose toil Has o'er his languid pow'rless limbs diffus'd A pleasing lassitude; he not in vain Invokes…
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Remorse is as the heart in which it grows; If that be gentle, it drops balmy dews Of true repentance;…
— Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Now Spring restores the balmy heat, now Zephyr's sweet breezes calm the rage of the equinoctial sky.
— Catullus
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I love New Orleans physically. I love the trees and the balmy air and the beautiful days. I have a…
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