Walt Whitman Quotes

Biography: Walt Whitman is known for his groundbreaking poetry collection "Leaves... more Biography: Walt Whitman is known for his groundbreaking poetry collection "Leaves of Grass." Born in 1819, Whitman's work celebrated democracy, nature, love, and friendship. His innovative free verse style greatly influenced American literature. Whitman is often regarded as one of the nation's most important poets. less

"Have you heard that it was good to gain the day? I also say it is good to fall, battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won""I believe in the flesh and the appetites""This hour I tell things in confidence.""I am satisfied... I see, dance, laugh, sing.""Freedom – to walk free and own no superior.""The genius of the United States is not best or most in its executives or legislatures, nor in its ambassadors or authors or colleges or churches, or parlors, nor even in its newspapers or inventors, but always most in the common people.""I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world.""The beautiful uncut hair of graves.""Do anything, but let it produce joy.""I am for those who believe in loose delights.""The dirt of towns is beautiful to me.""Seeing, hearing, feeling, are miracles, and each part and tag of me is a miracle.""Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you. You must travel it by yourself.""The future is no more uncertain than the present.""Nothing can happen more beautiful than death.""To have great poets, there must be great audiences.""Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.""I tramp a perpetual journey.""I discover myself on the verge of a usual mistake.""Be not ashamed women, you are the gates of the body, and you are the gates of the soul."

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