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 WHITMANWhoever degrades another degrades me, And whatever is done or said returns at last to me.
More Walt Whitman Quotes
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Those who love each other shall become invincible.
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Nothing endures but personal qualities.
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O Captain! My Captain! our fearful trip is done.
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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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Battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won.
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A man can be a hero in any profession.
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The whole purpose of the universe is unerringly aimed at one thing – you.
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Either define the moment or the moment will define you.
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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 confusion we stay with each other, happy to be together, speaking without uttering a single word.
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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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I see great things in baseball. It’s our game – the American game.
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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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I swear to you, there are divine things more beautiful than words can tell.
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Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune.
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