But try to remember that a good man can never die. You will see your brother many times again-in the streets, at home, in all the places of the town. The person of a man may go, but the best part of him stays. It stays forever.

William Saroyan
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When someone says, “The person of a man may go, but the best part of him stays. It stays forever.” what they are trying to say is that the best part of a man is the good in him. They are saying that there is no death. We all die, but not completely. The best part of us is still with us.

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