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 POUNDUntil 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.
More Ezra Pound Quotes
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Rhythm is form cut into time.
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The Image is more than an idea. It is a vortex or cluster of fused ideas and is endowed with energy.
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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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Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear.
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What thou lov’st well is thy true heritage.
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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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I guess the definition of a lunatic is a man surrounded by them.
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I would hold the rosy, slender fingers of the dawn for you.
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The only history that matters is the history we know.
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Be not cheap or mediocre in desiring.
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Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree.
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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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Liberty is not a right but a duty.
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What thou lovest well remains, the rest is dross What thou lov’st well shall not be reft from thee What thou lov’st well is thy true heritage.
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Learn of the green world what can be thy place In scaled invention or true artistry.
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