"I act as the tongue of you, ...……" — Walt Whitman

I act as the tongue of you, ... tied in your mouth… - Walt Whitman

"I act as the tongue of you, ... tied in your mouth . . . . in mine it begins to be loosened."

— Walt Whitman

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422 Quotes by Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman has 422 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

And I will show that there is no imperfection in the present, and can be none in the future, And…
O the joy of the strong-brawn'd fighter, towering in the arena in perfect condition, conscious of power, thirsting to meet…
Give me juicy autumnal fruit, ripe and red from the orchard.
This face is a dog's snout sniffing for garbage, snakes nest in that mouth, I hear the sibilant threat.
To me, every hour of the light and dark is a miracle. Every cubic inch of space is a miracle.
The city sleeps and the country sleeps, the living sleep for their time, the dead sleep for their time, the…
What a devil art thou, Poverty! How many desires - how many aspirations after goodness and truth - how many…
I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contained, I stand and look at…
Old age: The estuary that enlarges and spreads itself grandly as it pours into the Great Sea.
To me the sea is a continual miracle; The fishes that swim - the rocks - the motion of the…
All beauty comes from beautiful blood and a beautiful brain.
What beauty there is in words; what a lurking curious charm in the sound some words.

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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has… — Hannah Arendt
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
Quality is not an act, it is a habit. — Aristotle
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence,… — Aristotle
Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
Storytelling is fine as long as you can encourage people to act on the stories. — Karen Armstrong
Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is. — Malcolm Arnold
Criticize the act, not the person. — Mary Kay Ash
We like to engage in a normal publishing effort, which is to act in a responsible manner and make sure… — Julian Assange
Gardening is not a rational act. — Margaret Atwood
All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of… — Wystan Hugh Auden

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