Logo
Quote by Walt Whitman
Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and we

Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you? – Walt Whitman

Other quotes by Walt Whitman

The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman: if it be a few ragged huts, it is still the greatest city in the whole world. – Walt Whitman

Category:
great
Author
Walt Whitman
Read Quote

Judging from the main portions of the history of the world, so far, justice is always in jeopardy. – Walt Whitman

Category:
History
Author
Walt Whitman
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
great
category

Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper. – Gilbert K. Chesterton

Category:
great

All great peoples are conservative. – Thomas Carlyle

Category:
great

Rock n roll is ridiculous. Its absurd. In the past, U2 was trying to duck that. Now were wrapping our arms around it and giving it a great big kiss. – Bono

Category:
great

I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to make any mans virtues the means of deceiving him. – Samuel Johnson

Category:
great

Random Quotes

After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquility of a political convention. – Adlai E. Stevenson

Category:
Peace

A mans home may seem to be his castle on the outside inside is more often his nursery. – Clare Boothe Luce

Category:
Home

The chess player who develops the ability to play two dozen boards at a time will benefit from learning to compress his or her analysis into less time. – Marilyn vos Savant

Category:
Learning

The best way to find yourself, is to lose yourself in the service of others. – Mohandas Gandhi

Category:
Helping