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A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions It is classic because of a certain eternal and irrepressible freshness.

Ezra Pound

I guess the definition of a lunatic is a man surrounded by them.
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Definition Mad Man Myself Surround
If a nation’s literature declines, the nation atrophies and decays.
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Decline Education Literature Nation
Science is unpoetic only to minds jaundiced with sentiment and romanticism, the great masters of the past boasted all they could of it and found it magical.
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Finding Greatness Magic Master Mindset Romanticism Science
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
The temple is holy because it is not for sale.
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Holy Sale Temple
To say that a state cannot pursue its aims because there is no money, is like saying that an engineer cannot build roads, because there are no kilometers.
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Build Money Pursue State
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
A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him.
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Freedom Himself Slave
The primary pigment of poetry is the IMAGE.
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Image Poetry Primary
The secret of popular writing is never to put more on a given page than the common reader can lap off it with no strain whatsoever on his habitually slack attention.
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Attention Himself Page Popular Reading Secret Writing
A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions It is classic because of a certain eternal and irrepressible freshness.
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Classic Definition Forever Fresh Rule Structure
It is the business of the artist to make humanity aware of itself.
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Artist Aware Business Humanity
A man of genius has a right to any mode of expression.
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Expression Genius Man Mode Right
The natural object is always the adequate symbol.
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Adequate Natural One Liner Symbol
Literature is news that stays news.
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Literature News One Liner Stay
This is no book. Whoever touches this touches a man.
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Book Man Touch

A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions It is classic because of a certain eternal and irrepressible freshness.

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A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions It is classic because of a certain eternal and irrepressible freshness.

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