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

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....

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...

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

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

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,...

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

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

While we read history we make history.

While we read history we make history.

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.

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

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

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...

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,...

Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.

Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.

Our common liberty is consecrated by a common sorrow.

Our common liberty is consecrated by a common sorrow.

Happiness lies, first of all, in health.

Happiness lies, first of all, in health.

To buy happiness is to sell soul.

To buy happiness is to sell soul.

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you...

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you...

The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make...

The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make...