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The concept of genius as akin to madness has been carefully cultivated by the inferiority complex of the public.

Ezra Pound

Man is an over-complicated organism. If he is doomed to extinction he will die out for want of simplicity.
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Complication Death Himself Man Organism
Democracy is now currently defined in Europe as a ‘country run by Jews,’
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Country Definition Democracy Run
The artist is always beginning. Any work of art which is not a beginning, an invention, a discovery is of little worth.
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Artist Beginning Discover Invention Worth
The temple is holy because it is not for sale.
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Holy Sale Temple
The technique of infamy is to start two lies at once and get people arguing heatedly over which is the truth.
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Argument Oneself People Start Technique Truth
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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History International Politics Yourself
A little light, like a rushlight to lead back to splendour.
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Glamour Leadership Light
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.
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Blame Hero Himself Religion Stand Wisdom
Learn of the green world what can be thy place In scaled invention or true artistry.
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Artist Green Invention Learning Place True World
The secret of popular writing is never to put more on a given page than the common reader can lap off it with no strain whatsoever on his habitually slack attention.
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Attention Himself Page Popular Reading Secret Writing
Nothing written for pay is worth printing. Only what has been written against the market.
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Marketing Print Worth Writing
One discards rhyme, not because one is incapable of rhyming neat, fleet, sweet, meet, treat, eat, feet but because there are certain emotions or energies which are nor represented by the over-familiar devices or patterns.
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Device Emotion Energy Familiar Oneself Pattern Represent Rhyme
A people that grows accustomed to sloppy writing is a people in the process of losing grip on its empire and on itself.
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Empire Grip Growth Lose People Process Writing
The only thing one can give an artist is leisure in which to work. To give an artist leisure is actually to take part in his creation.
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Artist Creation Himself Work
Glance is the enemy of vision.
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Enemy One Liner Vision
I desired my dust to be mingled with yours Forever and forever and forever.
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Desire Dust Forever Myself Yourself

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