The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.

Quote by Walt Whitman

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Nothing can happen more beautiful than death.

Nothing can happen more beautiful than death.

Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed.

Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed.

When I give, I give myself.

When I give, I give myself.

The shallow consider liberty a release from all law, from every constraint. The wise man...

The shallow consider liberty a release from all law, from every constraint. The wise man...

We convince by our presence.

We convince by our presence.

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...

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

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

It [baseball] will take our people out-of-doors, fill them with oxygen, give them a larger...

It [baseball] will take our people out-of-doors, fill them with oxygen, give them a larger...

In the faces of men and women I see God

In the faces of men and women I see God

Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune.

Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune.

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...

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...

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...

Now I see the secret of making the best person: it is to grow in...

Now I see the secret of making the best person: it is to grow in...

I exist as I am, that is enough.

I exist as I am, that is enough.

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.

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...

Character and personal force are the only investments worth anything

Character and personal force are the only investments worth anything

Charity creates a multitude of sins.

Charity creates a multitude of sins.

Charity consists not so much on HOW MUCH WE GIVE to the person but on...

Charity consists not so much on HOW MUCH WE GIVE to the person but on...