And your very flesh shall be a great poem.

Quote by Walt Whitman

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Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.

Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.

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.

The real war will never get in the books

The real war will never get in the books

I celebrate myself, and sing myself.

I celebrate myself, and sing myself.

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.

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...

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 great city is that which has the greatest men and women.

A great city is that which has the greatest men and women.

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.

Whoever degrades another degrades me, And whatever is done or said returns at last to...

Whoever degrades another degrades me, And whatever is done or said returns at last to...

Democracy is a government where you can say what you think even if you don't...

Democracy is a government where you can say what you think even if you don't...

I exist as I am, that is enough.

I exist as I am, that is enough.

Wisdom is not finally tested in the schools, Wisdom cannot be pass'd from one having...

Wisdom is not finally tested in the schools, Wisdom cannot be pass'd from one having...

Nothing endures but personal qualities.

Nothing endures but personal qualities.

And I will show that nothing can happen more beautiful than death.

And I will show that nothing can happen more beautiful than death.

I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.

I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.

To have great poets, there must be great audiences.

To have great poets, there must be great audiences.

Speech is the twin of my vision, it is unequal to measure itself, it provokes...

Speech is the twin of my vision, it is unequal to measure itself, it provokes...

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,...

Simplicity is the glory of expression.

Simplicity is the glory of expression.