"I lean and loaf at my ease... observing……" — Walt Whitman
"I lean and loaf at my ease... observing a spear of summer grass."
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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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More Ease Quotes
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one of 969 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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A person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill.
— Jane Austen
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A mind lively and at ease, can do with seeing nothing, and can see nothing that does not answer.
— Jane Austen
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Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself.
— Honore de Balzac
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A judgment about life has no meaning except the truth of the one who speaks last, and the mind is…
— Georges Bataille
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I can do everything with ease on the stage, whereas in real life I feel too big and clumsy. So…
— Ingrid Bergman
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I'm very at ease, and I like it. I never thought I would be such a family-oriented guy; I didn't…
— David Bowie
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The use of refined petroleum as fuel, which began in the 1850s, freed hundreds of millions of people from the…
— James Buchan
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I wish there were more true conversion, and then there would not be so much backsliding, and, for fear of…
— Donald Cargill
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This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure.
— Winston Churchill
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As you get older and ease your way into being a character actor you have to be comfortable with where…
— George Clooney
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Ease is the enemy of the artist. When things get too easy, you're in trouble.
— Chuck Close
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Being human, we would expel from our lives physical pain and mental anguish and assure ourselves of continual ease and…
— Spencer W. Kimball
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