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Christ can very well stand as an heroic figure. The hero need not be of wisdom all compounded. Also he is not wholly to blame for the religion that’s been foisted on to him.

Ezra Pound

Small talk comes from small bones.
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Body Bone Small Talk
Until you know who has lent what to whom, you know nothing whatever of politics, you know nothing whatever of history, you know nothing of international wrangles.
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History International Politics Yourself
Science is unpoetic only to minds jaundiced with sentiment and romanticism, the great masters of the past boasted all they could of it and found it magical.
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Finding Greatness Magic Master Mindset Romanticism Science
The what is so much more important than how.
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Important Reason
I desired my dust to be mingled with yours Forever and forever and forever.
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Desire Dust Forever Myself Yourself
The real trouble with war (modern war) is that it gives no one a chance to kill the right people.
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Chance Kill Oneself People Problem Reality Right War
With one day’s reading a man may have the key in his hands.
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Day Hands Key Man Reading
I have never known anyone worth a damn who wasn’t irascible.
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Myself Racism Worth
Use no superfluous word, no adjective, which does not reveal something.
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Adjective Reveal Word
Any damn fool can be spontaneous.
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Fools One Liner Spontaneous
Either move or be moved.
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Choice Deep Move One Liner
The artist is the antenna of the race.
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Artist One Liner Race
The only thing one can give an artist is leisure in which to work. To give an artist leisure is actually to take part in his creation.
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Artist Creation Himself Work
What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he holds it.
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Himself Hold Ideas Man
In our time, the curse is monetary illiteracy, just as inability to read plain print was the curse of earlier centuries.
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Curse Early Financial Ourselves Time
What matters most is not the idea, but the capacity to believe in it completely.
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Believe Capacity Complete Ideas

Christ can very well stand as an heroic figure. The hero need not be of wisdom all compounded. Also he is not wholly to blame for the religion that’s been foisted on to him.

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Christ can very well stand as an heroic figure. The hero need not be of wisdom all compounded. Also he is not wholly to blame for the religion that’s been foisted on to him.

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