"I think on death as the apparent end……" — 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 any faith we have pinned to their worth."
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12 Quotes by Vachel Lindsay
Vachel Lindsay has 12 quotes on this site.
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They tried to get me-I got them first! (suicide note)
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How can we help students to understand that the tragedy of life is not death; the tragedy is to die…
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My life is unjust, but I can strive for justice. My life is unkind, but I can vote for kindness.
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The crooning turns to a sunrise singing.
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Never be a cynic, even a gentle one. Never help out a sneer, even at the devil.
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Oh, I have walked in Kansas Through many a harvest field, And piled the sheaves of glory there And down…
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To live in mankind is far more than to live in a name.
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You can't crush ideas by suppressing them. You can only crush them by ignoring them.
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Change the fabric of your own soul and your own visions, and you change all.
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I am unjust, but I can strive for justice. My life's unkind, but I can vote for kindness. I, the…
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Sleep softly . . . eagle forgotten . . . under the stone.
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No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our…
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The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all…
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The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes…
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Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of…
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We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and…
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I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is…
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We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace.
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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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A friend to all is a friend to none.
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