138 ordspråk av Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman föddes den May 31st 1819 och dog den 26 March 1892 - US writer
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 Character and personal force are the only investments worth anything |
| Comrade, I give you my hand, I give you my love more precious than money, I give you myself before preaching or law; Will you give me yourself? |
| Damn all expurgated books, the dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book |
| Did you, too, O friend, suppose democracy was only for elections, for politics, and for a party name? I say democracy is only of use there that it may pass on and come to its flower and fruit in manners, in the highest forms of interaction between [people], and their beliefs -- in religion, literature, colleges and schools -- democracy in all public and private life.... |
| Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes |
| Do you know that Old Age may come after you with equal grace, force, fascination? |
| Every moment of light and dark is a miracle. |
| Freedom -- to walk free and own no superior. |
| From this hour I ordain myself loos'd of limits and imaginary lines. |
| Future years will never know the seething hell and the black infernal background, the countless minor scenes and interiors of the secession war; and it is best they should not. The real war will never get in the books. |
| Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until it's done right. |
| Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed. |
| Give me the splendid silent sun, with all his beams full-dazzling. |
| Have you heard that it was good to gain the day? I also say it is good to fall, battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won |
| Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you? |
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Proverb (1469536 st) Search
Categories (2627 st) Search
Authors (167535 st) Search
Photos (4592 st)
Born (10495 st)
Died (3318 st)
Dates (9517 st)
Countries (5315 st)
Idiom (4438 st)
Lengths
Toplists (6 st)
This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.
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