Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes.

Quote by Walt Whitman

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To the real artist in humanity, what are called bad manners are often the most...

To the real artist in humanity, what are called bad manners are often the most...

O public road, I say back I am not afraid to leave you, yet I...

O public road, I say back I am not afraid to leave you, yet I...

I dote on myself, there is that lot of me and all so luscious.

I dote on myself, there is that lot of me and all so luscious.

Simplicity is the glory of expression

Simplicity is the glory of expression

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...

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 may be as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good...

I may be as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good...

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...

The real war will never get in the books

The real war will never get in the books

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...

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...

Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and...

Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and...

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...

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.

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 celebrate myself, and sing myself.

I celebrate myself, and sing myself.

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...

The whole theory of the universe is directed unerringly to one single individual.

The whole theory of the universe is directed unerringly to one single individual.

Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you...

Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you...

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.