The test of civilization is its estimate of women. — Quoted

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“The test of civilization is its estimate of women.”

George William Curtis · Women

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George William Curtis

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.

Poetry

George William Curtis

Happiness lies first of all in health.

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George William Curtis

Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.

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George William Curtis

The big mistake that men make is that when they turn thirteen or fourteen and all of a sudden they've reached puberty, they believe that they like women. Actually, you're just horny. It doesn't mean you like women any more at twenty-one than you did at ten.

Women