Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune.
WALT WHITMANA man is a great thing upon the earth and through eternity; but every jot of the greatness of man is unfolded out of woman.
More Walt Whitman Quotes
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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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Nothing endures but personal qualities.
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I see great things in baseball. It’s our game – the American game.
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I keep thinking about you every few minutes all day.
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The gift is to the giver, and comes back most to him – it cannot fail.
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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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Touch me, touch the palm of your hand to my body as I pass, Be not afraid of my body.
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Happiness, not in another place but this place, not for another hour, but this hour.
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I am larger, better than I thought; I did not know I held so much goodness.
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To have great poets, there must be great audiences.
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I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.
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In the faces of men and women, I see God.
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The road to wisdom is paved with excess. The mark of a true writer is their ability to mystify the familiar and familiarize the strange.
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O Captain! My Captain! our fearful trip is done.
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All truths wait in all things.
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