All Walt Whitman Quotes
I may be as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.
Walt Whitman
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I heard what was said of the universe, heard it and heard it of several thousand years; it is middling well as far as it goes - but is that all?
Walt Whitman
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I cannot be awake for nothing looks to me as it did before, Or else I am awake for the first time, and all before has been a mean sleep.
Walt Whitman
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A great city is that which has the greatest men and women.
Walt Whitman
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The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.
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Whoever degrades another degrades me, And whatever is done or said returns at last to me.
Walt Whitman
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Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you?
Walt Whitman
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Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes.
Walt Whitman
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And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
Walt Whitman
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And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his shroud.
Walt Whitman
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I am for those who believe in loose delights, I share the midnight orgies of young men, I dance with the dancers and drink with the drinkers.
Walt Whitman
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All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candor.
Walt Whitman
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