"The poet judges not as a judge judges……" — Walt Whitman
"The poet judges not as a judge judges but as the sun falling around a helpless thing."
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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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If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on.
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The honors of this world, what are they but puff, and emptiness, and peril of falling?
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To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.
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I had many friends to help me to fall; but as to rising again, I was so much left to…
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Another mode of accumulating power arises from lifting a weight and then allowing it to fall.
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I would hate now to be married. It does occur to me on occasion that, if I fall and hit…
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Fortune is like the market, where, many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall.
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The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.
— Francis Bacon
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