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George William Curtis (February 24, 1824 - August 31, 1892) was an American writer and public speaker. · Can we improve this biography or this incorrect? Post your own bio in the forums. Explore books and films about Curtis, George William.

"Age is a matter of feeling, not of years."

Curtis, George William on Age and Aging
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"Happiness lies first of all in health."

Curtis, George William on Happiness
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"While we read history we make history."

Curtis, George William on History and Historians
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"Anger, even when it punishes the faults of delinquents, ought not to precede reason as its mistress, but attend as a handmaid at the back of reason, to come to the front when bidden. For once it begins to take control of the mind, it calls just what it does cruelly."

Curtis, George William on Anger
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"Nature makes woman to be won and men to win."

Curtis, George William on Men and Women
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"A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle; and patriotism is loyalty to that principle."

Curtis, George William on Patriotism
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"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."

Curtis, George William on Romance and Romanticism
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"The test of civilization is its estimate of women."

Curtis, George William on Civilization
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