Battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won. -- Walt Whitman

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I accept Time absolutely. It alone is without flaw, It alone rounds and completes all, That mystic baffling wonder. -- Walt Whitman

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And as to me, I know nothing else but miracles. -- Walt Whitman

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If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles. -- Walt Whitman

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Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations. ― George Bernard Shaw

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Only a burning patience will lead to the attainment of a splendid happiness.

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Skill is fine, and genius is splendid, but the right contacts are more valuable than either.

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My words itch at your ears till you understand them. -- Walt Whitman

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I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable, I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world. -- Walt Whitman

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These are really the thoughts of all men in all ages and lands, they are not original with me. -- Walt Whitman

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