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The flavors of the peach and the apricot are not lost from generation to generation. Neither are they transmitted by book learning.

Ezra Pound

Poetry must be as well written as prose.
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Literature Poetry Prose Writing
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
Fundamental accuracy of statement is the ONE sole morality of writing.
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Accurate Fundamental Moral Oneself Writing
Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one’s hand.
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Alive Ball Hands Intense Light One Liner Power Reading
Good art however ‘immoral’ is wholly a thing of virtue. Good art can NOT be immoral. By good art I mean art that bears true witness, I mean the art that is most precise.
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Art Goodness Immoral Precise True Virtue
This is no book. Whoever touches this touches a man.
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Book Man Touch
Wars are made to make debt.
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Loan One Liner War
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
When words cease to cling close to things, kingdoms fall, empires wane and diminish.
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Close Diminish Empire Word
The what is so much more important than how.
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Important Reason
Why fight for a flag when you can buy one for a nickel.
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Fight Flag Yourself
Pay no attention to the criticism of men who have never themselves written a notable work.
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Attention Criticism Pay Work Writing
The artist is the antenna of the race.
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Artist One Liner Race
Artists are the antennae of the race.
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Artist Race
The act of bell ringing is symbolic of all proselytizing religions. It implies the pointless interference with the quiet of other people.
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Act Imply People Point Quiet Ring Symbol
The difference between a gun and a tree is a difference of tempo. The tree explodes every spring.
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Difference Spring Tree Weapon

The flavors of the peach and the apricot are not lost from generation to generation. Neither are they transmitted by book learning.

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The flavors of the peach and the apricot are not lost from generation to generation. Neither are they transmitted by book learning.

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