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The poet is individual�he is complete in himself: the others are as good as he; only he sees it, and they do not.
Leaves of Grass
A heroic person walks at his ease through and out of that custom or precedent or authority that suits him not.
Leaves of Grass
The cleanest expression is that which finds no sphere worthy of itself and makes one.
Leaves of Grass
And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his shroud.
Leaves of Grass
Only themselves understand themselves and the like of themselves,
As souls only understand souls.
Leaves of Grass
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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