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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.

Ezra Pound

A man of genius has a right to any mode of expression.
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Expression Genius Man Mode Right
The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language, and no single language is capable of expressing all forms and degrees of human comprehension.
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Expression Human Language Sum Wisdom
The temple is holy because it is not for sale.
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Holy Sale Temple
I guess the definition of a lunatic is a man surrounded by them.
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Definition Mad Man Myself Surround
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
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
Utter originality is, of course, out of the question.
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Course Original Question
The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language.
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Human Language Sum Wisdom
The worst mistake I made was that stupid, suburban prejudice of anti-Semitism.
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Mistake Prejudice Stupidity Worst
Use no superfluous word, no adjective, which does not reveal something.
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Adjective Reveal Word
A great age of literature is perhaps always a great age of translations.
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Age Greatness Time Translation
A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him.
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Freedom Himself Slave
If a nation’s literature declines, the nation atrophies and decays.
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Decline Education Literature Nation
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
What matters most is not the idea, but the capacity to believe in it completely.
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Believe Capacity Complete Ideas
Use no word that under stress of emotion you could not actually say.
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Emotion Stress Word Yourself

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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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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