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Ezra Pound

What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he holds it.
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Himself Hold Ideas Man
The real trouble with war (modern war) is that it gives no one a chance to kill the right people.
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Chance Kill Oneself People Problem Reality Right War
Use no word that under stress of emotion you could not actually say.
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Emotion Stress Word Yourself
It is the business of the artist to make humanity aware of itself.
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Artist Aware Business Humanity
Discoveries are made by gluttons and addicts. The man who forgets to eat and sleep has an appetite for fact, for interrelations among causes.
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Addiction Appetite Discover Fact
The worst mistake I made was that stupid, suburban prejudice of anti-Semitism.
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Mistake Prejudice Stupidity Worst
Democracy is now currently defined in Europe as a ‘country run by Jews,’
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Country Definition Democracy Run
Fundamental accuracy of statement is the ONE sole morality of writing.
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Accurate Fundamental Moral Oneself Writing
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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Element Leaving Oneself Regular Rhyme
Use no superfluous word, no adjective, which does not reveal something.
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Adjective Reveal Word
Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear.
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Accurate Clear Goodness Language Writing
Poetry must be as well written as prose.
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Literature Poetry Prose Writing
The secret of popular writing is never to put more on a given page than the common reader can lap off it with no strain whatsoever on his habitually slack attention.
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Attention Himself Page Popular Reading Secret Writing
A little light, like a rushlight to lead back to splendour.
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Glamour Leadership Light
If a man isn’t willing to take some risk for his opinions, either his opinions are no good or he’s no good.
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Himself Man Opinion Risk Willing
Technique is the test of sincerity.
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Sincere Technique Test

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