May 31
2004
- There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing. ~ Maya Angelou
- selected by Kalki
2005
- When there are no more memories of heroes and martyrs, And when all life and all the souls of men and women are discharged from any part of the earth, Then only shall liberty or the idea of liberty be discharged from that part of the earth, And the infidel come into full possession. ~ Walt Whitman in Leaves of Grass (born 31 May 1819)
- selected by Kalki
2006
- I am for those that have never been master'd,
For men and women whose tempers have never been master'd,
For those whom laws, theories, conventions, can never master.
~ Walt Whitman in Leaves of Grass (born 31 May 1819)- selected by Kalki
2007
- Who makes much of a miracle?
As to me I know of nothing else but miracles ...
To me every hour of the light and dark is a miracle,
Every cubic inch of space is a miracle...
~ Walt Whitman in Leaves of Grass ~- proposed by Kalki
2008
- Be composed — be at ease with me — I am Walt Whitman, liberal and lusty as Nature,
Not till the sun excludes you do I exclude you,
Not till the waters refuse to glisten for you and the leaves to rustle for you, do my words refuse to glisten and rustle for you.
~ Walt Whitman in Leaves of Grass ~- proposed by Kalki
2009
- Talk not so much ... of the great old masters, who but painted and chisell’d. Study not only their productions. There is a still higher school for him who would kindle his fire with coal from the altar of the loftiest and purest art. It is the school of all grand actions and grand virtues, of heroism, of the death of patriots and martyrs — of all the mighty deeds written in the pages of history — deeds of daring, and enthusiasm, devotion, and fortitude. ~ Walt Whitman
- proposed by Kalki
2010
Suggestions
I never look a gift horse in the mouth, but I am not averse to looking an organisation in the motive. ~ Fred Allen, an American comedian (born 31 May, 1956)-
- 2 Kalki 17:44, 30 May 2007 (UTC) I must confess that there is not likely to be anyone I would favor more than Whitman on his birthday than there is anyone I would favor more than William Shakespeare on his.
3 InvisibleSun 19:40, 30 May 2007 (UTC)- 1 Zarbon 05:47, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
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A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized. ~ Fred Allen
- 2 Kalki 17:44, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
- 3
InvisibleSun 19:40, 30 May 2007 (UTC) - 2 Zarbon 05:47, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
- 1 Lyle 13:16, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
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It is a beautiful truth that all men contain something of the artist in them. And perhaps it is the case that the greatest artists live and die, the world and themselves alike ignorant what they possess. ... I think of few heroic actions, which cannot be traced to the artistical impulse. He who does great deeds, does them from his innate sensitiveness to moral beauty. ~ Walt Whitman
- 3 Kalki 18:30, 20 May 2009 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
- 2 Zarbon 02:43, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 23:16, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
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