When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary.
EZRA POUNDTo break the pentameter, that was the first heaven.
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Either move or be moved.
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Our own consciousness is incapable of having produce the universe. God, therefore, exists. That is to say, there is no reason for not applying the term God, Theos, to the intimate essence.
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The artist is the antenna of the race.
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The real trouble with war (modern war) is that it gives no one a chance to kill the right people.
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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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Be not cheap or mediocre in desiring.
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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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The temple is holy because it is not for sale.
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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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Rhythm must have meaning.
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Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree.
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In verse one can take any damn constant one likes, one can alliterate, or assone, or rhyme, or quant, or smack, only one MUST leave the other elements irregular.
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The concept of genius as akin to madness has been carefully cultivated by the inferiority complex of the public.
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The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language.
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