The sure foundations of the state are laid in knowledge, not in ignorance; and every sneer at education, at culture, at book learning, which is the recorded wisdom of the experience of mankind, is the demagogue's sneer at intelligent liberty, inviting national degeneracy and ruin.
Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom. - George William Curtis
Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.
- George William Curtis
The test of civilization is the estimate of woman. Among savages she is a slave. In the dark ages of Christianity she is a toy and a sentimental godd… - George William Curtis
The test of civilization is the estimate of woman. Among savages she is a slave. In the dark ages of Christianity she is a toy and a sentimental godd…
The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose. - George William Curtis
The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.
Dreams come true if you survive the hard times! - George William Curtis
Dreams come true if you survive the hard times!
Age is a matter of feeling, not of years. - George William Curtis
Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.
Happiness is speechless. - George William Curtis
Happiness is speechless.
It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that assures the prosperous voyage. - George William Curtis
It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that assures the prosperous voyage.
Progress begins with the minority. It is completed by persuading the majority, by showing the reason and the of the step forward, and that is accompl… - George William Curtis
Progress begins with the minority. It is completed by persuading the majority, by showing the reason and the of the step forward, and that is accompl…
I walked beside the evening sea And dreamed a dream that could not be; The waves that plunged along the shore Said only: "Dreamer, dream no more!" - George William Curtis
I walked beside the evening sea And dreamed a dream that could not be; The waves that plunged along the shore Said only: "Dreamer, dream no more!"
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