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I guess the definition of a lunatic is a man surrounded by them.

Ezra Pound

The artist is always beginning. Any work of art which is not a beginning, an invention, a discovery is of little worth.
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Artist Beginning Discover Invention Worth
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
When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary.
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Agreement Business Man Necessary Oneself
Artists are the antennae of the race.
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Artist Race
The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet black bough.
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Black Crowd Face Wet
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
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
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
Why fight for a flag when you can buy one for a nickel.
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Fight Flag Yourself
Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear.
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Accurate Clear Goodness Language Writing
I have never known anyone worth a damn who wasn’t irascible.
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Myself Racism Worth
I guess the definition of a lunatic is a man surrounded by them.
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Definition Mad Man Myself Surround
Democracy is now currently defined in Europe as a ‘country run by Jews,’
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Country Definition Democracy Run
A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him.
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Freedom Himself Slave
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
Nothing written for pay is worth printing. Only what has been written against the market.
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Marketing Print Worth Writing

I guess the definition of a lunatic is a man surrounded by them.

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