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Walt Whitman Quotes - Page 2

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

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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

Freedom - to walk free and own no superior. Walt Whitman

Freedom, Free, Walk

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

Speech is the twin of my vision, it is unequal to measure itself, it provokes me forever, it says sarcastically, Walt you contain enough, why don't you let it out then? Walt Whitman

Vision, Me, Why

The whole theory of the universe is directed unerringly to one single individual. Walt Whitman

Universe, Individual, Single

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

Life, Powerful, Me

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

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

Future, Present, Than

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, Earth

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

Women, Great, Men

I celebrate myself, and sing myself. - Walt Whitman

I celebrate myself, and sing myself. Walt Whitman

Inspirational, Myself, Sing

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

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

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

Day, Week, People

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

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

Great, Poem, Your

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

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

I accept reality and dare not question it. Walt Whitman

Reality, Question, Dare

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

Happy, Together, Single

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

Country, Him, Proof

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

Great, Must, Audiences

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

Power, Genius, Person

The words of my book nothing, the drift of it everything. Walt Whitman

Book, Words, Nothing

I find no sweeter fat than sticks to my own bones. Walt Whitman

Fat, Find, My Own

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

And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his shroud. Walt Whitman

Sympathy, Without, Funeral

He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher. Walt Whitman

Teacher, Style, Destroy

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

The beautiful uncut hair of graves. - Walt Whitman

The beautiful uncut hair of graves. Walt Whitman

Beautiful, Hair, Graves

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