The poet judges not as a judge judges but as the sun falling around a helpless thing

Quote by Walt Whitman

Topics: Judgement Quotes, Poetry Quotes

I know nothing grander, better exercise, better digestion, more positive proof of the past, the...

I know nothing grander, better exercise, better digestion, more positive proof of the past, the...

Freedom - to walk free and own no superior.

Freedom - to walk free and own no superior.

When I give, I give myself.

When I give, I give myself.

Simplicity is the glory of expression

Simplicity is the glory of expression

The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves.

The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves.

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...

The genius of the United States is not best or most in its executives or...

The genius of the United States is not best or most in its executives or...

And your very flesh shall be a great poem.

And your very flesh shall be a great poem.

Damn all expurgated books, the dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.

Damn all expurgated books, the dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.

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.

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...

We convince by our presence.

We convince by our presence.

To have great poets, there must be great audiences.

To have great poets, there must be great audiences.

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...

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...

Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.

Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.

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...

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...

To die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier.

To die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier.

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...