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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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...

There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks...

There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks...

And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become...

And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become...

The real war will never get in the books

The real war will never get in the books

The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.

The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.

Democracy is a government where you can say what you think even if you don't...

Democracy is a government where you can say what you think even if you don't...

There is no object so soft but it makes a hub for the wheeled universe.

There is no object so soft but it makes a hub for the wheeled universe.

O public road, I say back I am not afraid to leave you, yet I...

O public road, I say back I am not afraid to leave you, yet I...

Did you, too, O friend, suppose democracy was only for elections, for politics, and for...

Did you, too, O friend, suppose democracy was only for elections, for politics, and for...

Character and personal force are the only investments worth anything

Character and personal force are the only investments worth anything

The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman: if it be...

The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman: if it be...

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.

Nothing endures but personal qualities.

Nothing endures but personal qualities.

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.

Let that which stood in front go behind, let that which was behind advance to...

Let that which stood in front go behind, let that which was behind advance to...

The future is no more uncertain than the present.

The future is no more uncertain than the present.

He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher.

He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher.

When I give, I give myself.

When I give, I give myself.

To die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier.

To die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier.

And your very flesh shall be a great poem.

And your very flesh shall be a great poem.