Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.

Quote by George William Curtis

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Our common liberty is consecrated by a common sorrow.

Our common liberty is consecrated by a common sorrow.

Imagination is as good as many voyages - and how much cheaper!

Imagination is as good as many voyages - and how much cheaper!

Reputation is favorable notoriety as distinguished from fame, which is permanent approval of great deeds...

Reputation is favorable notoriety as distinguished from fame, which is permanent approval of great deeds...

Nature makes woman to be won and men to win.

Nature makes woman to be won and men to win.

The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.

The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.

A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods,...

A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods,...

Happiness lies first of all in health.

Happiness lies first of all in health.

A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods,...

A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods,...

Anger is an expensive luxury in which only men of certain income can indulge.

Anger is an expensive luxury in which only men of certain income can indulge.

The test of civilization is its estimate of women.

The test of civilization is its estimate of women.

Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.

Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.

Romance like a ghost escapes touching; it is always where you are not, not where...

Romance like a ghost escapes touching; it is always where you are not, not where...

It is not observed in history that families improve with time.

It is not observed in history that families improve with time.

The test of civilization is the estimate of woman. Among savages she is a slave....

The test of civilization is the estimate of woman. Among savages she is a slave....

It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that assures the prosperous...

It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that assures the prosperous...

The big mistake that men make is that when they turn thirteen or fourteen and...

The big mistake that men make is that when they turn thirteen or fourteen and...

Every great crisis of human history is a pass of Thermopylae, and there is always...

Every great crisis of human history is a pass of Thermopylae, and there is always...

Most men love money and security more, and creation and construction less, as they get...

Most men love money and security more, and creation and construction less, as they get...

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

We are all sailors on the spaceship Earth.

We are all sailors on the spaceship Earth.