Learn of the green world what can be thy place In scaled invention or true artistry.
EZRA POUNDChrist 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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This is no book. Whoever touches this touches a man.
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I desired my dust to be mingled with yours Forever and forever and forever.
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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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When words cease to cling close to things, kingdoms fall, empires wane and diminish.
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I guess the definition of a lunatic is a man surrounded by them.
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And the days are not full enough And the nights are not full enough And life slips by like a field mouse Not shaking the grass.
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The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language, and no single language is capable of expressing all forms and degrees of human comprehension.
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Technique is the test of sincerity.
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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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Rhythm must have meaning.
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When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary.
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Literature is news that stays news.
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Artists are the antennae of the race.
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A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him.
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Rhythm is form cut into time.
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