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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.

Ezra Pound

What thou lovest well remains, the rest is dross What thou lov’st well shall not be reft from thee What thou lov’st well is thy true heritage.
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Heritage Love True Well
Either move or be moved.
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Choice Deep Move One Liner
Bureaucrats are a pox. They are supposed to be necessary. Certain chemicals in the body are supposed to be necessary to life, but cause death the moment they increase beyond a suitable limit.
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Body Chemicals Death Limitation Moments Necessary
There is no reason why the same man should like the same books at eighteen and at forty-eight.
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Age Book Growth Man Reason
Use no superfluous word, no adjective, which does not reveal something.
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Adjective Reveal Word
Science is unpoetic only to minds jaundiced with sentiment and romanticism, the great masters of the past boasted all they could of it and found it magical.
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Finding Greatness Magic Master Mindset Romanticism Science
With one day’s reading a man may have the key in his hands.
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Day Hands Key Man Reading
I have always thought the suicide should bump off at least one swine before taking off for parts unknown.
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Myself Oneself Suicide Thinking Unknown
The temple is holy because it is not for sale.
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Holy Sale Temple
When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary.
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Agreement Business Man Necessary Oneself
A civilized man is one who will give a serious answer to a serious question. Civilization itself is a certain sane balance of values.
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Answer Balance Civilization Serious Value
Democracy is now currently defined in Europe as a ‘country run by Jews,’
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Country Definition Democracy Run
Don’t be blinded by the theorists and a lying press.
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Blind Lying Press Theory
There is natural ignorance and there is artificial ignorance. I should say at the present moment the artificial ignorance is about eighty-five per cent.
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Artificial Ignorance Moments Myself Natural
Artists are the antennae of the race.
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Artist Race
Rhythm is form cut into time.
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Form Rhythm Time

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