Being prepared

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O to be self-balanced for contingencies,
To confront night, storms, hunger, ridicule, accidents, rebuffs, as the trees and animals do.

Walt Whitman

Leaves of Grass

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Topic

Balance Being prepared

Author

Walt Whitman

Source

Me Imperturbe Leaves of Grass

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1867 1860s 19th century

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Original Citation

Whitman, Walt. "Me Imperturbe." Leaves of Grass. Boston: J. R. Osgood, 1881-82.

Current Citation

Whitman, Walt. "Me Imperturbe." Leaves of Grass and Other Writings. W. W. Norton & Company, 2002.

One should always have one's boots on, and be ready to leave.

Michel de Montaigne

Essays

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Topic

Being prepared

Author

Michel de Montaigne

Source

That to Study Philosophy is to Learn to Die Essays

Medium

Essay

Statement Type

Advice

Language

French

Time

1580 1580s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Original Citation

De Montaigne, Michel. "Que Philosopher C'Est Apprendre a Mourir [That to Study Philosophy is to Learn to Die]." Essais [Essays]. Paris: Simon Millanges and Jean Richer, 1580.

Current Citation

De Montaigne, Michel. "To Philosophize is to Learn How to Die." The Complete Essays, edited and translated by M. A. Screech. Penguin Classics, 1993.