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Source: On the principles and character of American institutions, and the duties of American citizens, 1856-1891
Source: Prue and I.
“Criticism is not construction, it is observation.”
Source: The Potiphar Papers
Source: Orations and Addresses of George William Curtis: On the principles and character of American institutions, and the duties of American citizens, 1856-1891
Source: Cecil Dreeme
“Books of entertainment first led Adam Clarke to believe in a spiritual world.”
Source: Works: Lotus-eating
“The Pride of ancestry increases in the ratio of distance.”
Source: Prue and I.
“Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.”
Source: PRUE AND I
“Imagination is as good as many voyages - and how much cheaper.”
Source: Prue and I.
“While we read history we make history.”
Source: Orations and addresses
“Our great social and political advantage is opportunity.”
Source: Works: Lotus-eating
Source: On the principles and character of American institutions, and the duties of American citizens, 1856-1891
Source: On the principles and character of American institutions, and the duties of American citizens, 1856-1891
“It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that assures the prosperous voyage.”
“The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.”
“Anger is an expensive luxury in which only men of certain income can indulge.”
Source: PRUE AND I
“Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.”
Source: Orations and addresses
“Life is a rich strain of music, suggesting a realm too fair to be.”
Source: Lotus-eating: a Summer Book
Source: From the Easy Chair
“Our common liberty is consecrated by a common sorrow.”
Source: Proceedings at the Centennial Celebration of Concord Fight, April 19, 1875
“A river is the cosiest of friends. You must love it and live with it before you can know it.”
“The test of civilization is the estimate of woman.”
Source: On the principles and character of American institutions, and the duties of American citizens, 1856-1891
“The world is not made for the prosperous alone, nor for the strong.”
Source: Works: Potiphar papers
“It is not observed in history that families improve with time.”
Source: Prue and I.