The test of civilization is its estimate of women.

Quote by George William Curtis

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

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

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...

While we read history we make history.

While we read history we make history.

Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.

Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.

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

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...

He is so old that his blood type was discontinued.

He is so old that his blood type was discontinued.

Nature makes woman to be won and men to win.

Nature makes woman to be won and men to win.

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...

Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.

Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.

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.

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

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

Our common liberty is consecrated by a common sorrow.

Our common liberty is consecrated by a common sorrow.

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 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...

Politics, where fat, bald, disagreeable men, unable to be candidates themselves, teach a president how...

Politics, where fat, bald, disagreeable men, unable to be candidates themselves, teach a president how...

Never marry a man who hates his mother, because he'll end up hating you.

Never marry a man who hates his mother, because he'll end up hating you.

Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.

Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.

Men are only as loyal as their options

Men are only as loyal as their options

My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning...

My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning...