Have you heard that it was good to gain the day? I also say it is good to fall, battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won.

Quote by Walt Whitman

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A great city is that which has the greatest men and women.

A great city is that which has the greatest men and women.

The shallow consider liberty a release from all law, from every constraint. The wise man...

The shallow consider liberty a release from all law, from every constraint. The wise man...

Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.

Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.

The earth, that is sufficient, I do not want the constellations any nearer, I know...

The earth, that is sufficient, I do not want the constellations any nearer, I know...

The whole theory of the universe is directed unerringly to one single individual

The whole theory of the universe is directed unerringly to one single individual

I say to mankind, Be not curious about God. For I, who am curious about...

I say to mankind, Be not curious about God. For I, who am curious about...

I dote on myself, there is that lot of me and all so luscious.

I dote on myself, there is that lot of me and all so luscious.

The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.

The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.

I accept reality and dare not question it.

I accept reality and dare not question it.

He (President Abraham Lincoln) has a face like a hoosier Michael Angelo, so awful ugly...

He (President Abraham Lincoln) has a face like a hoosier Michael Angelo, so awful ugly...

Do you know that Old Age may come after you with equal grace, force, fascination?

Do you know that Old Age may come after you with equal grace, force, fascination?

Comrade, I give you my hand, I give you my love more precious than money,...

Comrade, I give you my hand, I give you my love more precious than money,...

The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he...

The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he...

I celebrate myself, and sing myself.

I celebrate myself, and sing myself.

Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until...

Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until...

To me, every hour of the day and night is an unspeakably perfect miracle.

To me, every hour of the day and night is an unspeakably perfect miracle.

Produce great men, the rest follows.

Produce great men, the rest follows.

Nothing endures but personal qualities.

Nothing endures but personal qualities.

Every moment of light and dark is a miracle.

Every moment of light and dark is a miracle.

Simplicity is the glory of expression.

Simplicity is the glory of expression.