Creative Quotations from . . .
George William Curtis
(1824-1892) born on Feb 24
US "author, editor". He was a leader in civil service reform.
 
   
F
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."

R
"I walked beside the evening sea
And dreamed a dream that could not be;
The waves that plunged along the shore
Said only: "Dreamer, dream no more!""
A
"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."
N
It is not the ship so much as the skilled sailing that assures the prosperous voyage.
K
Anger is an expensive luxury in which only men of certain income can indulge.


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994."
R: From a collection of quotations found on the Internet.
A: "In <a href="http://www.cyber-nation.com/cgi-bin/victory/quotations/qlreferral/quotelib.pl?id=10115">The Ultimate Success Quotations Library</a>, 1997."
N: "In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994."
K: "In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994."



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