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title: "3 Tried Quotes By Vachel Lindsay"
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> [They tried to get me-I got them first! (suicide note)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vachel-lindsay/they-tried-to-get-me-i-got-them-first-suicide-note/)

[Vachel Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vachel-lindsay/)

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> [ They tried to get me - I got them first! \[Suicide.\] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vachel-lindsay/they-tried-to-get-me-i-got-them-first-suicide/)

[Vachel Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vachel-lindsay/)

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> [“They tried to get me—I got them first!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vachel-lindsay/they-tried-to-get-me-i-got-them-first/)

[Vachel Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vachel-lindsay/)

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## Other authors on Tried

## More by Vachel Lindsay

> [“Not that they starve; but starve so dreamlessly, Not that they sow, but that they seldom reap, Not that they serve, but have no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vachel-lindsay/not-that-they-starve-but-starve-so-dreamlessly-not-that-they-sow-but/)

[Vachel Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vachel-lindsay/)

> [The crooning turns to a sunrise singing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vachel-lindsay/the-crooning-turns-to-a-sunrise-singing/)

[Vachel Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vachel-lindsay/)

> [I think on death as the apparent end of the illusions that encompass us. They all have a sudden and unexpected end, that challenges…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vachel-lindsay/i-think-on-death-as-the-apparent-end-of-the-illusions-that-encompass/)

[Vachel Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vachel-lindsay/)

> [This is the sin against the Holy Ghost: - To speak of bloody power as right divine, And call on God to guard each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vachel-lindsay/this-is-the-sin-against-the-holy-ghost-to-speak-of-bloody-power-as/)

[Vachel Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vachel-lindsay/)

> [They tried to get me-I got them first! (suicide note)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vachel-lindsay/they-tried-to-get-me-i-got-them-first-suicide-note/)

[Vachel Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vachel-lindsay/)

> [To live in mankind is far more than to live in a name.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vachel-lindsay/to-live-in-mankind-is-far-more-than-to-live-in-a-name/)

[Vachel Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vachel-lindsay/)

> [Authors and uncaptured criminals are the only people free from routine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vachel-lindsay/authors-and-uncaptured-criminals-are-the-only-people-free-from-routine/)

[Vachel Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vachel-lindsay/)

> [How can we help students to understand that the tragedy of life is not death; the tragedy is to die with commitments undefined and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vachel-lindsay/how-can-we-help-students-to-understand-that-the-tragedy-of-life-is/)

[Vachel Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vachel-lindsay/)

> [Mumbo-Jumbo will hoo-doo you, Mumbo-Jumbo will hoo-doo you. Mumbo . . . Jumbo . . . will . . . hoo-doo . . . you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vachel-lindsay/mumbo-jumbo-will-hoo-doo-you-mumbo-jumbo-will-hoo-doo-you-mumbo-jumbo/)

[Vachel Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vachel-lindsay/)

> [Never be a cynic, even a gentle one. Never help out a sneer, even at the devil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vachel-lindsay/never-be-a-cynic-even-a-gentle-one-never-help-out-a-sneer-even-at-the/)

[Vachel Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vachel-lindsay/)

> [Life is a loom, weaving illusion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vachel-lindsay/life-is-a-loom-weaving-illusion/)

[Vachel Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vachel-lindsay/)

> [I am unjust, but I can strive for justice. My life's unkind, but I can vote for kindness. I, the unloving, say life should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vachel-lindsay/i-am-unjust-but-i-can-strive-for-justice-my-life-s-unkind-but-i-can/)

[Vachel Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vachel-lindsay/)

> [Oh, I have walked in Kansas Through many a harvest field, And piled the sheaves of glory there And down the wild rows reeled:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vachel-lindsay/oh-i-have-walked-in-kansas-through-many-a-harvest-field-and-piled-the/)

[Vachel Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vachel-lindsay/)

> [ They tried to get me - I got them first! \[Suicide.\] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vachel-lindsay/they-tried-to-get-me-i-got-them-first-suicide/)

[Vachel Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vachel-lindsay/)

> [Let not young souls be smothered out Before they do quaint deeds And fully flaunt their pride.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vachel-lindsay/let-not-young-souls-be-smothered-out-before-they-do-quaint-deeds-and/)

[Vachel Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vachel-lindsay/)

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