The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.

Quote by Walt Whitman

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I am for those who believe in loose delights, I share the midnight orgies of...

I am for those who believe in loose delights, I share the midnight orgies of...

I find no sweeter fat than sticks to my own bones.

I find no sweeter fat than sticks to my own bones.

He (President Abraham Lincoln) has a face like a hoosier Michael Angelo, so awful ugly...

He (President Abraham Lincoln) has a face like a hoosier Michael Angelo, so awful ugly...

Do you know that Old Age may come after you with equal grace, force, fascination?

Do you know that Old Age may come after you with equal grace, force, fascination?

Behold I do not give lectures or a little charity, When I give I give...

Behold I do not give lectures or a little charity, When I give I give...

In the confusion we stay with each other, happy to be together, speaking without uttering...

In the confusion we stay with each other, happy to be together, speaking without uttering...

I celebrate myself, and sing myself.

I celebrate myself, and sing myself.

The words of my book nothing, the drift of it everything.

The words of my book nothing, the drift of it everything.

I celebrate myself, and sing myself.

I celebrate myself, and sing myself.

Produce great men, the rest follows.

Produce great men, the rest follows.

When I give, I give myself.

When I give, I give myself.

And your very flesh shall be a great poem.

And your very flesh shall be a great poem.

The real war will never get in the books

The real war will never get in the books

Judging from the main portions of the history of the world, so far, justice is...

Judging from the main portions of the history of the world, so far, justice is...

To me, every hour of the day and night is an unspeakably perfect miracle.

To me, every hour of the day and night is an unspeakably perfect miracle.

I have learned that to be with those I like is enough.

I have learned that to be with those I like is enough.

Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until...

Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until...

A new and valid idea is worth more than a regiment and fewer men can...

A new and valid idea is worth more than a regiment and fewer men can...

Ideas aren't real estate, they grow collectively and that knocks out the egotistical loneliness that...

Ideas aren't real estate, they grow collectively and that knocks out the egotistical loneliness that...

It is not enough to be an upright man, we must be seen to be...

It is not enough to be an upright man, we must be seen to be...