Walt Whitman Quotes - Page 2

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

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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

Learning, Great, You, Only, Against, Who

Now I see the secret of making the best person: it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth. Walt Whitman

Best, Sleep, Grow, Earth, Person, See

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

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

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

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

Great, Your, Poem, Flesh, Very, Shall

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

Happy, Together, Confusion, Single, Stay

I say to mankind, Be not curious about God. For I, who am curious about each, am not curious about God - I hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least. Walt Whitman

God, Curious, Say, Understand, Hear, Who

Whoever degrades another degrades me, And whatever is done or said returns at last to me. Walt Whitman

Me, Done, Said, Last, Whatever, Another

And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero. Walt Whitman

Hero, Man, Young Man, Young, Trade, May

The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman: if it be a few ragged huts, it is still the greatest city in the whole world. Walt Whitman

Great, Man, Woman, City, World, Greatest

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

People, Class, Vitality, Few, Our, Other

The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves. - Walt Whitman

The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves. Walt Whitman

Beauty, Independence, Actions, Departure

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

History, Justice, World, Judging, Always

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

Nature, Business, Politics, You, Finally

Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune. Walt Whitman

Myself, Good, Fortune, Ask, Good Fortune

All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candor. Walt Whitman

Perfect, Him, Faults, May, Who, Candor

Behold I do not give lectures or a little charity, When I give I give myself. Walt Whitman

Myself, Charity, Little, Give, Lectures

The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he has absorbed it. Walt Whitman

Country, Him, Poet, Proof, He, His

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

Best, People, Genius, Always, Common

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

Universe, Said, Years, Heard, Well, Far

Let that which stood in front go behind, let that which was behind advance to the front, let bigots, fools, unclean persons, offer new propositions, let the old propositions be postponed. Walt Whitman

Fools, New, Behind, Old, Go, Front

A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books. - Walt Whitman

A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books. Walt Whitman

Nature, Window, Me, More, Books, Than

Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me? And why should I not speak to you? Walt Whitman

Speak, Me, You, Desire, Why, Meet

To die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier. - Walt Whitman

To die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier. Walt Whitman

Die, Different, Luckier, Supposed, Any

The beautiful uncut hair of graves. - Walt Whitman

The beautiful uncut hair of graves. Walt Whitman

Beautiful, Hair, Graves

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

Beautiful, Death, Nothing, Will, More

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, Human, Sacred, Any

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