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Walt Whitman has 438 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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And I will show that there is no imperfection in the present, and can be none in the future, And I will…
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O the joy of the strong-brawn'd fighter, towering in the arena in perfect condition, conscious of power, thirsting to meet his opponent.
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Give me juicy autumnal fruit, ripe and red from the orchard.
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This face is a dog's snout sniffing for garbage, snakes nest in that mouth, I hear the sibilant threat.
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To me, every hour of the light and dark is a miracle. Every cubic inch of space is a miracle.
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The city sleeps and the country sleeps, the living sleep for their time, the dead sleep for their time, the old husband…
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What a devil art thou, Poverty! How many desires - how many aspirations after goodness and truth - how many noble thoughts,…
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I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contained, I stand and look at them long…
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Old age: The estuary that enlarges and spreads itself grandly as it pours into the Great Sea.
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To me the sea is a continual miracle; The fishes that swim - the rocks - the motion of the waves -…
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All beauty comes from beautiful blood and a beautiful brain.
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What beauty there is in words; what a lurking curious charm in the sound some words.
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We are apt to be very pert at censuring others, where we will not endure advice.
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I don't want to be 'the girl with cancer'... I just didn't want that to be my only thing. But it is…
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Vulgarity is, in reality, nothing but a modern, chic, pert descendant of the goddess Dullness.
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What a time herbs and weeds, and such things could talk, A man in his garden one day did walk, Spying a…
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Twice two makes four seems to me simply a piece of insolence. Twice two makes four is a pert coxcomb who stands…
— Fyodor Dostoevsky
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The wild gander leads his flock through the cool night, Ya-honk! he says, and sounds it down to me like an invitation:…
— Walt Whitman
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West Germans are tall, pink, pert and orthodontically corrected, with hands, teeth and hair as clean as their clothes and clothes as…
— P.J. O'Rourke
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I'm not pert and perky anymore - when you're over 60, it's 'feisty.
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I stand and listen to people speaking french in the stores and in the street. It's such a pert, crisp language, elegant…
— Belva Plain
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It has to be now,” he insisted, a flick of amusement in his voice. He nudged his burgeoning loins against her. “After…
— Lisa Kleypas
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You fight dandelions all weekend, and late Monday afternoon there they are, pert as all get out, in full and gorgeous bloom,…
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