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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.

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
Our own consciousness is incapable of having produce the universe. God, therefore, exists. That is to say, there is no reason for not applying the term God, Theos, to the intimate essence.
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Consciousness Essence Existence God Intimate Product Universe
The difference between a gun and a tree is a difference of tempo. The tree explodes every spring.
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Difference Spring Tree Weapon
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 man of genius has a right to any mode of expression.
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Expression Genius Man Mode Right
Consider the way of the scientists rather than the way of an advertising agent for a new soap.
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Advertisement Science Soap Way
If I could believe the Quakers banned music because church music is so damn bad, I should view them with approval.
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Approval Ban Believe Music View
The only history that matters is the history we know.
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History Known
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
Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree.
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Charge Degree Greatness Literature Meaning Possible
The temple is holy because it is not for sale.
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Holy Sale Temple
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
I did not enter into silence. Silence captured me.
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Capture Myself Silence
Poetry is a language pared down to its essentials.
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Essential Language Poetry
A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him.
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Freedom Himself Slave
Liberty is not a right but a duty.
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Duty Liberty One Liner Right

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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