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.
WALT WHITMANDay by day and night by night we were together – all else has long been forgotten by me.
More Walt Whitman Quotes
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The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he has absorbed it.
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Where the earth is, we are.
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We were together. I forget the rest.
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The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.
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I am the man, I suffered, I was there.
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The powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse.
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Forsake all inhibitions, Pursue thy dreams.
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Produce great men, the rest follows.
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Whoever degrades another degrades me, And whatever is done or said returns at last to me.
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I and this mystery, here we stand.
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Do anything, but let it produce joy.
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A woman waits for me, she contains all, nothing lacking.
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Only themselves understand themselves and the like of themselves, As souls only understand souls.
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I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.
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I am not to speak to you, I am to think of you when I sit alone or wake at night alone, I am to wait, I do not doubt I am to meet you again, I am to see to it that I do not lose you.
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