Come, let us pity those who are better off than we are. Come, my friend, and remember that the rich have butlers and no friends, And we have friends and no butlers.
EZRA POUNDTo break the pentameter, that was the first heaven.
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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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A civilized man is one who will give a serious answer to a serious question. Civilization itself is a certain sane balance of values.
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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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Seems fairly clear that you fix a breed by LIMITING the amount of alien infiltration. You make a race by homogeneity and by avoiding in breeding, No argument has ever been sprouted against it. You like it in dogs and horses.
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What matters most is not the idea, but the capacity to believe in it completely.
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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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Every great change is simple.
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Fundamental accuracy of statement is the ONE sole morality of writing.
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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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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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Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear.
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Wars are made to make debt.
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A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him.
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If a nation’s literature declines, the nation atrophies and decays.
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What thou lovest well remains.
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