Quote by Walt Whitman
Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and we

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? – Walt Whitman

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The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity. – Walt Whitman

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After you have exhausted what there is in business, politics, conviviality, and so on – have found that none of these finally satisfy, or permanently wear – what remains? Nature remains. – Walt Whitman

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Great countries are those that produce great people. – Benjamin Disraeli

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A great fortune is a great slavery. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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No human being, however great, or powerful, was ever so free as a fish. – John Ruskin

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I never wanted to become an actress because Id read great literature or seen great Shakespeare. It was more just wanting to understand what the people were really like, why they said all the strange things they did. – Julie Walters

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Look folks, we know who built this country and we know who is going to rebuild it. Its you. Instead of vilifying you, we should be thanking you. We owe you. – Joe Biden

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