Walt Whitman Quotes - Page 2

American - Poet May 31, 1819 - March 26, 1892

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Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes. - Walt Whitman

Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes. Walt Whitman

Very, Contradict, Contain

The future is no more uncertain than the present. - Walt Whitman

The future is no more uncertain than the present. Walt Whitman

Future, More, Than

And your very flesh shall be a great poem. - Walt Whitman

And your very flesh shall be a great poem. Walt Whitman

Poem, Shall, Very

The genius of the United States is not best or most in its executives or legislatures, nor in its ambassadors or authors or colleges, or churches, or parlors, nor even in its newspapers or inventors, but always most in the common people. Walt Whitman

Always, United States

To have great poets, there must be great audiences. Walt Whitman

Great, Audiences, Must

Nothing endures but personal qualities. Walt Whitman

Brainy, Nothing, Endures

If any thing is sacred, the human body is sacred. - Walt Whitman

If any thing is sacred, the human body is sacred. Walt Whitman

Body, Human Body, Any

In the confusion we stay with each other, happy to be together, speaking without uttering a single word. Walt Whitman

Single, Other, Speaking

Seeing, hearing, feeling, are miracles, and each part and tag of me is a miracle. Walt Whitman

Me, Seeing, Part

A great city is that which has the greatest men and women. Walt Whitman

Men, City, Which

There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks the power of the noblest expressive genius. Walt Whitman

Genius, Illiterate, Noblest

Other lands have their vitality in a few, a class, but we have it in the bulk of our people. Walt Whitman

Other, Vitality, Our People

The shallow consider liberty a release from all law, from every constraint. The wise man sees in it, on the contrary, the potent Law of Laws. Walt Whitman

Law, Release, Laws

O public road, I say back I am not afraid to leave you, yet I love you, you express me better than I can express myself. Walt Whitman

Love, Myself, I Love You

And I will show that nothing can happen more beautiful than death. Walt Whitman

Beautiful, Death, Happen

Nothing can happen more beautiful than death. Walt Whitman

Beautiful, Death, Happen

We convince by our presence. - Walt Whitman

We convince by our presence. Walt Whitman

Inspirational, Convince, Our

There is no week nor day nor hour when tyranny may not enter upon this country, if the people lose their roughness and spirit of defiance. Walt Whitman

Country, Week, Tyranny

Oh while I live, to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet life as a powerful conqueror, and nothing exterior to me will ever take command of me. Walt Whitman

Nothing, Will, Exterior

I celebrate myself, and sing myself. - Walt Whitman

I celebrate myself, and sing myself. Walt Whitman

Inspirational, Celebrate

After you have exhausted what there is in business, politics, conviviality, and so on - have found that none of these finally satisfy, or permanently wear - what remains? Nature remains. Walt Whitman

Business, Politics, Satisfy

The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book. - Walt Whitman

The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book. Walt Whitman

I accept reality and dare not question it. - Walt Whitman

I accept reality and dare not question it. Walt Whitman

Reality, Dare, Question

Produce great men, the rest follows. Walt Whitman

Men, Rest, Follows

Judging from the main portions of the history of the world, so far, justice is always in jeopardy. Walt Whitman

World, Always, Jeopardy

The beautiful uncut hair of graves. - Walt Whitman

The beautiful uncut hair of graves. Walt Whitman

Beautiful, Hair, Graves

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