3 December 2020 George William Curtis 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.
3 December 2020 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 to that principle.
3 December 2020 George William Curtis Anger is an expensive luxury in which only men of certain income can indulge.
3 December 2020 George William Curtis Reputation is favorable notoriety as distinguished from fame, which is permanent approval of great deeds and noble thoughts by the best intelligence of mankind.