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Democracy is now currently defined in Europe as a ‘country run by Jews,’

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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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Argument Oneself People Start Technique Truth
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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Heritage Love True Well
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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Ability Art Genius Himself Man Material Ordinary Perception Talent
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
The primary pigment of poetry is the IMAGE.
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Image Poetry Primary
Nothing written for pay is worth printing. Only what has been written against the market.
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Marketing Print Worth Writing
The artist is the antenna of the race.
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Artist One Liner Race
The Image is more than an idea. It is a vortex or cluster of fused ideas and is endowed with energy.
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Energy Ideas Image
Poetry must be as well written as prose.
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Literature Poetry Prose Writing
Either move or be moved.
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Choice Deep Move One Liner
Poets who are not interested in music are, or become, bad poets.
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Bad Interest Music Poet
Any damn fool can be spontaneous.
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Fools One Liner Spontaneous
Wars are made to make debt.
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Loan One Liner War
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
Learn of the green world what can be thy place In scaled invention or true artistry.
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Artist Green Invention Learning Place True World
I desired my dust to be mingled with yours Forever and forever and forever.
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Desire Dust Forever Myself Yourself

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