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A man of genius has a right to any mode of expression.

Ezra Pound

Wars in old times were made to get slaves. The modern implement of imposing slavery is debt.
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Debt Implement Loan Modern Old Slave Time War
Every great change is simple.
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Change Greatness One Liner Simplicity
Use no word that under stress of emotion you could not actually say.
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Emotion Stress Word Yourself
Humanity is the rich effluvium, it is the waste and the manure and the soil, and from it grows the tree of the arts.
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Art Growth Humanity Tree Waste
When words cease to cling close to things, kingdoms fall, empires wane and diminish.
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Close Diminish Empire Word
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
Pay no attention to the criticism of men who have never themselves written a notable work.
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Attention Criticism Pay Work Writing
Literature is news that stays news.
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Literature News One Liner Stay
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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General Meet Statement Value
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
A real building is one on which the eye can light and stay lit.
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Build Eyes Light Reality Stay
A man of genius has a right to any mode of expression.
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Expression Genius Man Mode Right
To say that a state cannot pursue its aims because there is no money, is like saying that an engineer cannot build roads, because there are no kilometers.
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Build Money Pursue State
The artist is the antenna of the race.
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Artist One Liner Race
I guess the definition of a lunatic is a man surrounded by them.
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Definition Mad Man Myself Surround
The what is so much more important than how.
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