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Quote by Walt Whitman
There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an

There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks the power of the noblest expressive genius. – 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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All men have a reason, but not all men can give a reason. – John Henry Cardinal Newman

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It is seldom indeed that one parts on good terms, because if one were on good terms one would not part. – Marcel Proust, The Fugitive, Remembrance of Things Past, 1925

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How long has it been since someone touched part of you other than your body? – Terri Guillemets

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The tyrant dies and his rule ends, the martyr dies and his rule begins. – Søren Kierkegaard

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Once a woman has given you her heart, you can never get rid of the rest of her. – John Vanbrugh, The Relapse, 1696

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Men who would face torture without a word become blasphemous at the short fourteenth. It is clear that the game of golf may well be included in that category of intolerable provocations which may legally excuse or mitigate behaviour not otherwise excusable. – A.P. Herbert, Misleading Cases, 1935

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