The technique of infamy is to start two lies at once and get people arguing heatedly over which is the truth.
EZRA POUNDTo break the pentameter, that was the first heaven.
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I guess the definition of a lunatic is a man surrounded by them.
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This is no book. Whoever touches this touches a man.
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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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Rhythm is form cut into time.
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A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him.
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Here is our poetry, for we have pulled down the stars to our will.
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Fundamental accuracy of statement is the ONE sole morality of writing.
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If a nation’s literature declines, the nation atrophies and decays.
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Glance is the enemy of vision.
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A man of genius has a right to any mode of expression.
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Learn of the green world what can be thy place In scaled invention or true artistry.
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I have never known anyone worth a damn who wasn’t irascible.
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Wars in old times were made to get slaves. The modern implement of imposing slavery is debt.
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The curse of me and my nation is that we always think things can be bettered by immediate action of some sort, any sort rather than no sort.
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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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