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

Quote by Walt Whitman

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The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.

The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.

If anything is sacred, the human body is sacred

If anything is sacred, the human body is sacred

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...

Oh while I live, to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet...

Oh while I live, to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet...

I celebrate myself, and sing myself.

I celebrate myself, and sing myself.

I exist as I am, that is enough.

I exist as I am, that is enough.

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...

Other lands have their vitality in a few, a class, but we have it in...

Other lands have their vitality in a few, a class, but we have it in...

Did you, too, O friend, suppose democracy was only for elections, for politics, and for...

Did you, too, O friend, suppose democracy was only for elections, for politics, and for...

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.

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.

And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become...

And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become...

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 real war will never get in the books.

The real war will never get in the books.

Character and personal force are the only investments worth anything

Character and personal force are the only investments worth anything

Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.

Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.

I am for those who believe in loose delights, I share the midnight orgies of...

I am for those who believe in loose delights, I share the midnight orgies of...

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...

People are drastically overconfident about their judgments of others.

People are drastically overconfident about their judgments of others.

The highest form of human intelligence is to observe yourself without judgement.

The highest form of human intelligence is to observe yourself without judgement.