And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his shroud.

Quote by Walt Whitman

Topics: Walt Whitman Quotes

Nothing endures but personal qualities.

Nothing endures but personal qualities.

Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with...

Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with...

I exist as I am, that is enough.

I exist as I am, that is enough.

The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he...

The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he...

Nothing can happen more beautiful than death.

Nothing can happen more beautiful than death.

There is no object so soft but it makes a hub for the wheeled universe.

There is no object so soft but it makes a hub for the wheeled universe.

I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game.

I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game.

I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work....

I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work....

The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.

The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.

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...

I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game.

I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game.

If any thing is sacred, the human body is sacred.

If any thing is sacred, the human body is sacred.

Oh while I live, to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet...

Oh while I live, to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet...

Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour.

Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour.

I cannot be awake for nothing looks to me as it did before, Or else...

I cannot be awake for nothing looks to me as it did before, Or else...

The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of...

The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of...

He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher.

He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher.

There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks...

There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks...

There is no week nor day nor hour when tyranny may not enter upon this...

There is no week nor day nor hour when tyranny may not enter upon this...

This is what you shall do: love the earth and sun, and animals, despise riches,...

This is what you shall do: love the earth and sun, and animals, despise riches,...