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.

Quote by George William Curtis

Topics: Love Quotes, Romance Quotes

Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.

Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.

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

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

Happiness lies, first of all, in health

Happiness lies, first of all, in health

Happiness lies first of all in health.

Happiness lies first of all in health.

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...

He is so old that his blood type was discontinued.

He is so old that his blood type was discontinued.

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,...

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,...

Nature makes woman to be won and men to win.

Nature makes woman to be won and men to win.

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.

Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.

Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.

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

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

The new year begins in a snow-storm of white vows.

The new year begins in a snow-storm of white vows.

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....

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...

While we read history we make history.

While we read history we make history.

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...

No degree of knowledge attainable by man is able to set him above the want...

No degree of knowledge attainable by man is able to set him above the want...

You people married to Italian men, you know what it's like.

You people married to Italian men, you know what it's like.

A push up bra is like a bag of chips; you open the bag and...

A push up bra is like a bag of chips; you open the bag and...

Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal...

Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal...

Intelligent or not, we all make mistakes and perhaps the intelligent mistakes are the worst,...

Intelligent or not, we all make mistakes and perhaps the intelligent mistakes are the worst,...