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

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...

The test of civilization is its estimate of women.

The test of civilization is its estimate of women.

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

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

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

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

Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.

Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.

Our common liberty is consecrated by a common sorrow.

Our common liberty is consecrated by a common sorrow.

He is so old that his blood type was discontinued.

He is so old that his blood type was discontinued.

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...

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....

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.

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

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

Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.

Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.

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

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

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...

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.

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,...

While we read history we make history.

While we read history we make history.

Nature makes woman to be won and men to win.

Nature makes woman to be won and men to win.