More From Walt Whitman
- "And I will show that nothing can happen more beautiful than death."
- "I may be as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best."
- "The genius of the United States is not best or most in its executives or legislatures, nor in its ambassadors or authors or colleges, or churches, or parlors, nor even in its newspapers or inventors, but always most in the common people."
More In Great
- "I really had no great love for shoes. I was a working First Lady; I was always in canvas shoes. I did nurture the shoes industry of the Philippines, and so every time there was a shoe fair, I would receive a pair of shoes as a token of gratitude."― Imelda Marcos
- "The theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of philosophy, is not a matter of great practical importance to animals, or to savages, or even to most civilised men."― Bertrand Russell
- "A great man is always willing to be little."― Ralph Waldo Emerson