Walt Whitman quotes - page 2

From this hour I ordain myself loos'd of limits and imaginary lines. (Walt Whitman)
In the faces of men and women I see God. View quote
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I cannot be awake for nothing looks to me as it did before, Or else I am awake for the first time, and all before has been a mean sleep. View quote
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Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me? And why should I not speak to you? View quote
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To me, every hour of the day and night is an unspeakably perfect miracle. View quote
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When I give, I give myself. View quote
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The poet judges not as a judge judges but as the sun falling around a helpless thing. View quote
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I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don't believe I deserved my friends. View quote
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Peace is always beautiful. View quote
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If you done it, it ain't bragging. View quote
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Why are there trees I never walk under but large and melodious thoughts descend upon me? (Walt Whitman)
I exist as I am, that is enough. View quote
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The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book. View quote
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Oh while I live, to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet life as a powerful conqueror, and nothing exterior to me will ever take command of me. View quote
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And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his shroud. View quote
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Re-examine all that you have been told... dismiss that which insults your soul. View quote
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In this broad earth of ours, Amid the measureless grossness and the slag, Enclosed and safe within its central heart, Nestles the seed of perfection. View quote
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It baseball will take our people out-of-doors, fill them with oxygen, give them a larger physical stoicism. Tend to relieve us from being a nervous, dyspeptic set. Repair these losses, and be a blessing to us. View quote
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Youth, large, lusty, loving - Youth, full of grace, force, fascination. Do you know that Old Age may come after you with equal grace, force, fascination. View quote
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I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love, If you want me again look for me under your bootsoles. View quote
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Each of us inevitable; Each of us limitless-each of us with his or her right upon the earth. (Walt Whitman)
Come lovely and soothing death, Undulate round the world, serenely arriving, arriving, In the day, in the night, to all, to each, Sooner or later, delicate death. View quote
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Roaming in thought over the Universe, I saw the little that is Good steadily hastening towards immortality, And the vast that is evil I saw hastening to merge itself and become lost and dead. View quote
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I celebrate myself, and sing myself. View quote
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All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candor. View quote
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Walt Whitman

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Occupation: American Poet
Born: May 31, 1819
Died: March 26, 1892
Quotes count: 274
Wikipedia: Walt Whitman

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