The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he has absorbed it.
WALT WHITMANThe whole purpose of the universe is unerringly aimed at one thing – you.
More Walt Whitman Quotes
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The real war will never get in the books.
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A man is a great thing upon the earth and through eternity; but every jot of the greatness of man is unfolded out of woman.
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Where the earth is, we are.
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Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune.
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I exist as I am, that is enough.
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A woman waits for me, she contains all, nothing lacking.
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The earth is rude, silent, incomprehensible at first; Be not discouraged – keep on – there are divine things, well envelop’d; I swear to you there are divine things more beautiful than words can tell.
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A man can be a hero in any profession.
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Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed.
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Battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won.
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Re-examine all that you have been told, dismiss that which insults your soul.
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A great city is that which has the greatest men and women.
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We were together. I forget the rest.
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Pointing to another world will never stop vice among us; shedding light over this world can alone help us.
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God is a mean-spirited, pugnacious bully bent on revenge against His children for failing to live up to his impossible standards.
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