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Quote by Walt Whitman
A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysic

A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books. – Walt Whitman

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O lands! O all so dear to me — what you are, I become part of that, whatever it is. – Walt Whitman

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Now I see the secret of making the best person: it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth. – Walt Whitman

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And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his shroud. – Walt Whitman

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Other Quotes from
Flowers
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The lotus flower is troubled
At the suns resplendent light;
With sunken head and sadly
She dreamily waits for the night. – Heinrich Heine

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Look at us, said the violets blooming at her feet, all last winter we slept in the seeming death but at the right time God awakened us, and here we are to comfort you. – Edward Payson Rod

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Flowers

Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair… – Susan Polis Shutz

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Flowers… are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1844

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We all knew there was just one way to improve our odds for survival: train, train, train. Sometimes, if your training is properly intense it will kill you. More often — much, much more often — it will save your life. – Richard Marcinko

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I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesnt need any advice from me. With God in charge, I believe everything will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry about. – Henry Ford

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Taste is developed by the diversity of the products one can sample. I think our children today may be missing an education about food. We must teach them to know their cuisine and to know the equilibrium of nourishment. That is very important for health. – Joel Robuchon

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You know there are no secrets in America. Its quite different in England, where people think of a secret as a shared relation between two people. – W. H. Auden

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