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Genius, is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one.

Ezra Pound

The worst mistake I made was that stupid, suburban prejudice of anti-Semitism.
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Mistake Prejudice Stupidity Worst
What thou lovest well remains.
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Love One Liner Remain
Genius, is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one.
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Genius Man Oneself Ordinary Sight
If I could believe the Quakers banned music because church music is so damn bad, I should view them with approval.
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Approval Ban Believe Music View
Any damn fool can be spontaneous.
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Fools One Liner Spontaneous
What thou lov’st well is thy true heritage.
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Heritage True Well
Genius is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one, and the man of talent sees two or three, plus the ability to register that multiple perception in the material of his art.
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Ability Art Genius Himself Man Material Ordinary Perception Talent
I have always thought the suicide should bump off at least one swine before taking off for parts unknown.
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Myself Oneself Suicide Thinking Unknown
Poetry must be as well written as prose.
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Literature Poetry Prose Writing
Democracy is now currently defined in Europe as a ‘country run by Jews,’
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Country Definition Democracy Run
The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet black bough.
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Black Crowd Face Wet
To break the pentameter, that was the first heaven.
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Break Heaven Parameter
Don’t be blinded by the theorists and a lying press.
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Blind Lying Press Theory
A people that grows accustomed to sloppy writing is a people in the process of losing grip on its empire and on itself.
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Empire Grip Growth Lose People Process Writing
There is natural ignorance and there is artificial ignorance. I should say at the present moment the artificial ignorance is about eighty-five per cent.
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Artificial Ignorance Moments Myself Natural
Any general statement is like a check drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.
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General Meet Statement Value

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