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Religion I have defined as “Another of those numerous failures resulting from an attempt to popularize art”.

Ezra Pound

The art of letters will come to an end before A.D. 2000. I shall survive as a curiosity.
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Art Curiosity Letters Survive Willing
Genius, is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one.
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Genius Man Oneself Ordinary Sight
Glance is the enemy of vision.
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Enemy One Liner Vision
Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree.
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Charge Degree Greatness Literature Meaning Possible
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
The act of bell ringing is symbolic of all proselytizing religions. It implies the pointless interference with the quiet of other people.
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Act Imply People Point Quiet Ring Symbol
Seems fairly clear that you fix a breed by LIMITING the amount of alien infiltration. You make a race by homogeneity and by avoiding in breeding, No argument has ever been sprouted against it. You like it in dogs and horses.
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Argument Avoid Clear Infiltrate Limitation Race Yourself
What matters most is not the idea, but the capacity to believe in it completely.
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Believe Capacity Complete Ideas
The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language.
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Human Language Sum Wisdom
Rhythm is form cut into time.
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Form Rhythm Time
Be not cheap or mediocre in desiring.
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Average Cheap Desire Mediocre
Technique is the test of sincerity.
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Sincere Technique Test
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
A real building is one on which the eye can light and stay lit.
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Build Eyes Light Reality Stay
The temple is holy because it is not for sale.
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Holy Sale Temple
A great age of literature is perhaps always a great age of translations.
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Age Greatness Time Translation

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