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.
WALT WHITMANPointing to another world will never stop vice among us; shedding light over this world can alone help us.
More Walt Whitman Quotes
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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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A woman waits for me, she contains all, nothing lacking.
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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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A great city is that which has the greatest men and women.
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Wisdom is not finally tested by the schools, Wisdom cannot be pass’d from one having it to another not having it, Wisdom is of the soul, is not susceptible of proof, is its own proof.
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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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To have great poets, there must be great audiences.
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The ecstasy is so short but the forgetting is so long.
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I see great things in baseball. It’s our game – the American game.
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O Captain! My Captain! our fearful trip is done.
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I have learned that to be with those I like is enough.
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Peace is always beautiful.
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Logic and sermons never convince, The damp of the night drives deeper into my soul.
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I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey work of the stars.
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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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