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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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 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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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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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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The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language.
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Artists are the antennae of the race.
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Religion I have defined as “Another of those numerous failures resulting from an attempt to popularize art”.
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Anyone who is too lazy to master the comparatively small glossary necessary to understand Chaucer deserves to be shut out from the reading of good books forever.
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The artist is the antenna of the race.
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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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Literature does not exist in a vacuum. Writers as such have a definite social function exactly proportional to their ability as writers. This is their main use.
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Any general statement is like a check drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.
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Every great change is simple.
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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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The natural object is always the adequate symbol.
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I have always thought the suicide should bump off at least one swine before taking off for parts unknown.
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Rhythm must have meaning.
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