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A man’s hope measures his civilization. The attainability of the hope measures, or may measure, the civilization of his nation and time.

Ezra Pound

Use no superfluous word, no adjective, which does not reveal something.
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Adjective Reveal Word
Until you know who has lent what to whom, you know nothing whatever of politics, you know nothing whatever of history, you know nothing of international wrangles.
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History International Politics Yourself
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
The natural object is always the adequate symbol.
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Adequate Natural One Liner Symbol
The primary pigment of poetry is the IMAGE.
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Image Poetry Primary
Any damn fool can be spontaneous.
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Fools One Liner Spontaneous
Poetry is a very complex art, It is an art of pure sound bound in through an art of arbitrary and conventional symbols.
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Art Bound Convention Poetry Sound Symbol
Nothing written for pay is worth printing. Only what has been written against the market.
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Marketing Print Worth Writing
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
Poets who are not interested in music are, or become, bad poets.
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Bad Interest Music Poet
I guess the definition of a lunatic is a man surrounded by them.
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Definition Mad Man Myself Surround
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 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
Humanity is the rich effluvium, it is the waste and the manure and the soil, and from it grows the tree of the arts.
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Art Growth Humanity Tree Waste
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
The temple is holy because it is not for sale.
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Holy Sale Temple

A man’s hope measures his civilization. The attainability of the hope measures, or may measure, the civilization of his nation and time.

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