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Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing, the rest is mere sheep-herding.

Ezra Pound

The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language.
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Human Language Sum Wisdom
The only thing one can give an artist is leisure in which to work. To give an artist leisure is actually to take part in his creation.
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Artist Creation Himself Work
If a nation’s literature declines, the nation atrophies and decays.
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Decline Education Literature Nation
This is no book. Whoever touches this touches a man.
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Book Man Touch
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
Pay no attention to the criticism of men who have never themselves written a notable work.
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Attention Criticism Pay Work Writing
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
The difference between a gun and a tree is a difference of tempo. The tree explodes every spring.
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Difference Spring Tree Weapon
If I could believe the Quakers banned music because church music is so damn bad, I should view them with approval.
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Approval Ban Believe Music View
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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Ability Existence Function Literature Main Writing
Why fight for a flag when you can buy one for a nickel.
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Fight Flag Yourself
Every great change is simple.
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Change Greatness One Liner Simplicity
The history of an art is the history of masterwork, not of failures, or mediocrity.
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Average Failure History Master Work
With one day’s reading a man may have the key in his hands.
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Day Hands Key Man Reading
Poetry is a language pared down to its essentials.
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Essential Language Poetry
Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one’s hand.
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Alive Ball Hands Intense Light One Liner Power Reading

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