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.
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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.George William Curtis
Our common liberty is consecrated by a common sorrow.
George William Curtis
It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that assures the prosperous voyage.
George William Curtis
It is not the ship so much as the skilled sailing that assures the prosperous voyage.
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Every great crisis of human history is a pass of Thermopylae, and there is always a Leonidas and his three hundred to die in it, if they can not conquer.
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Imagination is as good as many voyages - and how much cheaper!
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