Walt Whitman: Frasi in inglese

Walt Whitman era poeta, scrittore e giornalista statunitense. Frasi in inglese.
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“Be not dishearten'd -- Affection shall solve the problems of Freedom yet;
Those who love each other shall become invincible.”

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Walt Whitman

“I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love,
If you want me again look for me under your bootsoles.”

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Walt Whitman libro Foglie d'erba

Origine: Leaves of Grass

“A child said What is the grass? fetching it to me with full hands;
How could I answer the child? I do not know what it is any more
than he.”

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Walt Whitman Song of Myself

Origine: Song of Myself

“TO the States or any one of them, or any city of the States, Resist much, obey little,
Once unquestioning obedience, once fully enslaved,
Once fully enslaved, no nation, state, city of this earth, ever after-ward resumes its liberty.”

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Walt Whitman libro Foglie d'erba

Origine: Leaves of Grass

“I am for those who believe in loose delights, I share the midnight orgies of young men, I dance with the dancers and drink with the drinkers.”

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Walt Whitman

“I think I will do nothing for a long time but listen,
And accrue what I hear into myself… and let sound contribute toward me.”

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Walt Whitman libro Foglie d'erba

Origine: Leaves of Grass

“I refuse putting from me the best that I am.”

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Walt Whitman libro Foglie d'erba

Origine: Leaves of Grass

“Only themselves understand themselves and the like of themselves,
As souls only understand souls.”

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Walt Whitman libro Foglie d'erba

Origine: Leaves of Grass

“All truths wait in all things,
They neither hasten their own delivery nor resist it,
They do not need the obstetric forceps of the surgeon,
The insignificant is as big to me as any,
(What is less or more than a touch)…”

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“To the real artist in humanity, what are called bad manners are often the most picturesque and significant of all.”

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Walt Whitman

“A blade of grass is the journeywork of the stars”

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Walt Whitman libro Foglie d'erba

Variante: I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.
Origine: Leaves of Grass

“The sum of all known value and respect, I add up in you, whoever you are.”

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Walt Whitman libro Foglie d'erba

Origine: Leaves of Grass

“Oh while I live, to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet life as a powerful conqueror, and nothing exterior to me will ever take command of me”

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Walt Whitman

“I am larger, better than I thought;
I did not know I held so much goodness.”

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Walt Whitman libro Foglie d'erba

Origine: Leaves of Grass