"Whoever is not in his coffin and the……" — Walt Whitman

"Whoever is not in his coffin and the dark grave, let him know he has enough."

— 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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More Coffin Quotes

This quote is filed under Coffin Quotes, one of 174 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

I am my heart's undertaker. Daily I go and retrieve its tattered remains, place them delicately into its little coffin,… — Emilie Autumn
Products made in China are cheap through the exploitation of the workforce. Every time we shop, we are driving the… — Joe Baca
What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin. — Henry Ward Beecher
From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first. — Bertolt Brecht
If I let a blue mood run rampant, before I know it I'm obsessing about the color of the satin… — Kris Carr
The body of the sensualist is the coffin of a dead soul. — Christian Nestell Bovee
Shoulda sent a thank you note, you little hoe Now Imma wrap your coffin wit a bow — Nicki Minaj
With reference to the younger generation..."If the experience of their exhausted, insomniac, dispirited elders makes them decide they'd prefer not… — Anna Quindlen
Fame is but an inscription on a grave, and glory the melancholy blazon on a coffin lid. — Alexander Smith
He makes a very handsome corpse and becomes his coffin prodigiously. — Oliver Goldsmith
His smile is like the silver plate on a coffin. — John Philpot Curran
You were born with your legs apart. They'll send you to the grave in a Y-shaped coffin. — Joe Orton

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