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The difference between a gun and a tree is a difference of tempo. The tree explodes every spring.

Ezra Pound

And the days are not full enough And the nights are not full enough And life slips by like a field mouse Not shaking the grass.
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Day Enough Night Shake
If a nation’s literature declines, the nation atrophies and decays.
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Decline Education Literature Nation
Man is an over-complicated organism. If he is doomed to extinction he will die out for want of simplicity.
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Complication Death Himself Man Organism
The difference between a gun and a tree is a difference of tempo. The tree explodes every spring.
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Difference Spring Tree Weapon
Consider the way of the scientists rather than the way of an advertising agent for a new soap.
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Advertisement Science Soap Way
In verse one can take any damn constant one likes, one can alliterate, or assone, or rhyme, or quant, or smack, only one MUST leave the other elements irregular.
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Element Leaving Oneself Regular Rhyme
A great age of literature is perhaps always a great age of translations.
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Age Greatness Time Translation
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
The concept of genius as akin to madness has been carefully cultivated by the inferiority complex of the public.
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Care Concept Genius Inferior Madness Public
Genius, is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one.
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Genius Man Oneself Ordinary Sight
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
Don’t be blinded by the theorists and a lying press.
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Blind Lying Press Theory
Why fight for a flag when you can buy one for a nickel.
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Fight Flag Yourself
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
The real trouble with war (modern war) is that it gives no one a chance to kill the right people.
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Chance Kill Oneself People Problem Reality Right War
Rhythm must have meaning.
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Meaning One Liner Rhythm

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