The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.
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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A man can be a hero in any profession.
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Forsake all inhibitions, Pursue thy dreams.
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To have great poets, there must be great audiences.
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And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
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Battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won.
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I and this mystery, here we stand.
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Logic and sermons never convince, The damp of the night drives deeper into my soul.
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The ecstasy is so short but the forgetting is so long.
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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 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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The future is no more uncertain than the present.
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Each of us inevitable; Each of us limitless-each of us with his or her right upon the earth.
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All is procession; the universe is a procession with measured and beautiful motion.
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Touch me, touch the palm of your hand to my body as I pass, Be not afraid of my body.
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Peace is always beautiful.
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The habit of giving only enhances the desire to give.
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Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes.
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The truth is simple. If it was complicated, everyone would understand it.
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The gift is to the giver, and comes back most to him – it cannot fail.
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As soon as histories are properly told there is no more need of romances.
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I have learned that to be with those I like is enough.
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Either define the moment or the moment will define you.
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And I will show of male and female that either is but the equal of the other.
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Keep your face always toward the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you.
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What is that you express in your eyes? It seems to me more than all the print I have read in my life.
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Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you. You must travel it by yourself. It is not far. It is within reach. Perhaps you have been on it since you were born, and did not know. Perhaps it is everywhere – on water and land.
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