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To break the pentameter, that was the first heaven.

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Wars in old times were made to get slaves. The modern implement of imposing slavery is debt.
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Debt Implement Loan Modern Old Slave Time War
I guess the definition of a lunatic is a man surrounded by them.
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Definition Mad Man Myself Surround
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 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
Learn of the green world what can be thy place In scaled invention or true artistry.
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Artist Green Invention Learning Place True World
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
Poetry must be as well written as prose.
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Literature Poetry Prose Writing
The artist is always beginning.
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Artist Beginning One Liner
Small talk comes from small bones.
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Body Bone Small Talk
Genius, is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one.
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Genius Man Oneself Ordinary Sight
Utter originality is, of course, out of the question.
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Course Original Question
Religion I have defined as “Another of those numerous failures resulting from an attempt to popularize art”.
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Art Definition Failure Myself Popular Religion
There is natural ignorance and there is artificial ignorance. I should say at the present moment the artificial ignorance is about eighty-five per cent.
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Artificial Ignorance Moments Myself Natural
Bureaucrats are a pox. They are supposed to be necessary. Certain chemicals in the body are supposed to be necessary to life, but cause death the moment they increase beyond a suitable limit.
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Body Chemicals Death Limitation Moments Necessary
This is no book. Whoever touches this touches a man.
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Book Man Touch
Nothing written for pay is worth printing. Only what has been written against the market.
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Marketing Print Worth Writing

To break the pentameter, that was the first heaven.

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