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Ezra Pound

If a man isn’t willing to take some risk for his opinions, either his opinions are no good or he’s no good.
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Himself Man Opinion Risk Willing
Technique is the test of sincerity.
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Sincere Technique Test
Here is our poetry, for we have pulled down the stars to our will.
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Ourselves Poetry Stars Willing
Bureaucrats are a pox. They are supposed to be necessary. Certain chemicals in the body are supposed to be necessary to life, but cause death the moment they increase beyond a suitable limit.
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Body Chemicals Death Limitation Moments Necessary
There is no reason why the same man should like the same books at eighteen and at forty-eight.
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Age Book Growth Man Reason
Democracy is now currently defined in Europe as a ‘country run by Jews,’
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Country Definition Democracy Run
A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him.
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Freedom Himself Slave
Liberty is not a right but a duty.
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Duty Liberty One Liner Right
Any damn fool can be spontaneous.
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Fools One Liner Spontaneous
Genius, is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one.
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Genius Man Oneself Ordinary Sight
A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions It is classic because of a certain eternal and irrepressible freshness.
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Classic Definition Forever Fresh Rule Structure
Rhythm is form cut into time.
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Form Rhythm Time
Be not cheap or mediocre in desiring.
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Average Cheap Desire Mediocre
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
Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear.
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Accurate Clear Goodness Language Writing
To say that a state cannot pursue its aims because there is no money, is like saying that an engineer cannot build roads, because there are no kilometers.
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Build Money Pursue State

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