Why fight for a flag when you can buy one for a nickel.
EZRA POUNDTechnique is the test of sincerity.
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What thou lov’st well is thy true heritage.
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A little light, like a rushlight to lead back to splendour.
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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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The technique of infamy is to start two lies at once and get people arguing heatedly over which is the truth.
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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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When words cease to cling close to things, kingdoms fall, empires wane and diminish.
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A man of genius has a right to any mode of expression.
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Either move or be moved.
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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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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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Rhythm is form cut into time.
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I did not enter into silence. Silence captured me.
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Utter originality is, of course, out of the question.
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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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No man understands a deep book until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents.
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