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The real trouble with war (modern war) is that it gives no one a chance to kill the right people.

Ezra Pound

Fundamental accuracy of statement is the ONE sole morality of writing.
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Accurate Fundamental Moral Oneself Writing
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
Poetry is a language pared down to its essentials.
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Essential Language Poetry
Use no superfluous word, no adjective, which does not reveal something.
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Adjective Reveal Word
The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language, and no single language is capable of expressing all forms and degrees of human comprehension.
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Expression Human Language Sum Wisdom
All great art is born of the metropolis.
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Art Born Greatness Metropolis
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
With one day’s reading a man may have the key in his hands.
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Day Hands Key Man Reading
Any general statement is like a check drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.
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General Meet Statement Value
I guess the definition of a lunatic is a man surrounded by them.
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Definition Mad Man Myself Surround
Why fight for a flag when you can buy one for a nickel.
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Fight Flag Yourself
The natural object is always the adequate symbol.
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Adequate Natural One Liner Symbol
Glance is the enemy of vision.
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Enemy One Liner Vision
It is the business of the artist to make humanity aware of itself.
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Artist Aware Business Humanity
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
Nothing written for pay is worth printing. Only what has been written against the market.
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Marketing Print Worth Writing

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