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 celebrate myself, and sing myself.

I celebrate myself, and sing myself.

Simplicity is the glory of expression.

Simplicity is the glory of expression.

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

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

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.

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...

The earth, that is sufficient, I do not want the constellations any nearer, I know...

The earth, that is sufficient, I do not want the constellations any nearer, I know...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Freedom - to walk free and own no superior.

Freedom - to walk free and own no superior.

The real war will never get in the books

The real war will never get in the books

To me, every hour of the day and night is an unspeakably perfect miracle.

To me, every hour of the day and night is an unspeakably perfect miracle.

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.

Have you heard that it was good to gain the day? I also say it...

Have you heard that it was good to gain the day? I also say it...