"Many a good man I have seen go…" — Walt Whitman

"Many a good man I have seen go under."

— Walt Whitman

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422 Quotes by Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman has 422 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

And I will show that there is no imperfection in the present, and can be none in the future, And…
O the joy of the strong-brawn'd fighter, towering in the arena in perfect condition, conscious of power, thirsting to meet…
Give me juicy autumnal fruit, ripe and red from the orchard.
This face is a dog's snout sniffing for garbage, snakes nest in that mouth, I hear the sibilant threat.
To me, every hour of the light and dark is a miracle. Every cubic inch of space is a miracle.
The city sleeps and the country sleeps, the living sleep for their time, the dead sleep for their time, the…
What a devil art thou, Poverty! How many desires - how many aspirations after goodness and truth - how many…
I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contained, I stand and look at…
Old age: The estuary that enlarges and spreads itself grandly as it pours into the Great Sea.
To me the sea is a continual miracle; The fishes that swim - the rocks - the motion of the…
All beauty comes from beautiful blood and a beautiful brain.
What beauty there is in words; what a lurking curious charm in the sound some words.

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In today's interdependent world, a threat to one becomes a menace to all. And no state can defeat these challenges… — Michelle Bachelet
When I was in Minnesota serving in the state Senate and in Washington, D.C., I did everything I could to… — Michele Bachmann
The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him. — Russell Baker
If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat. — Simone de Beauvoir
Watergate enabled the Democrats to cut off all aid to South Vietnam and ensure American defeat in a war their… — Conrad Black
There is no meeting of minds, no point of understanding with such terror. Just a choice: Defeat it or be… — Tony Blair
Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily. — Napoleon Bonaparte
He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat. — Napoleon Bonaparte
My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match. However down I am, I fight until… — Bjorn Borg
At the end of the day we want to bring stability and hope to Iraq. That's the only way to… — Abdallah II
The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren't always defeats and victories for the fellows at the… — Bertolt Brecht
I give the fight up: let there be an end, a privacy, an obscure nook for me. I want to… — Robert Browning

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