"I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow……" — Walt Whitman
"I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love, If you want me again look for me under your bootsoles."
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422 Quotes by Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman has 422 quotes on this site.
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And I will show that there is no imperfection in the present, and can be none in the future, And…
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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…
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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…
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What a devil art thou, Poverty! How many desires - how many aspirations after goodness and truth - how many…
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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…
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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…
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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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Those who bequeath unto themselves a pompous funeral, are at just so much expense to inform the world of something…
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We physicians have focused on the nuclear threat as the singular issue of our era. We are not indifferent to…
— Bernard Lown
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As parents, we can have no joy, knowing that this government is not sufficiently lasting to ensure any thing which…
— Thomas Paine
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Even an entire society, a nation, or all simultaneously existing societies taken together, are not owners of the earth. They…
— Karl Marx
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Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.
— Plato
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Whenever you can, act as a liberator. Freedom, dignity, wealth - these three together constitute the greatest happiness of humanity.…
— Cyrus the Great
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Let us bequeath our children more than the gadgets that surround us. If bicycling can be restored to the daily…
— Paul Dudley White
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To my son Hugh, in return for the care and sorrow he has caused me all the days of his…
— Hallie Erminie Rives
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The most remarkable aspect of the transition we are living through is not so much the passage from want to…
— Henri Lefebvre
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The price of liberty is something more than eternal vigilance. There must also be eternal advance. We can save the…
— Henry Demarest Lloyd
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The gospel cannot be preached and heard enough, for it cannot be grasped well enough ... Moreover, our greatest task…
— Martin Luther
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Let's talk of graves, of worms, and epitaphs; Make dust our paper, and with rainy eyes Write sorrow on the…
— William Shakespeare
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