The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language.
EZRA POUNDOur own consciousness is incapable of having produce the universe. God, therefore, exists. That is to say, there is no reason for not applying the term God, Theos, to the intimate essence.
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The temple is holy because it is not for sale.
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Nothing written for pay is worth printing. Only what has been written against the market.
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Christ can very well stand as an heroic figure. The hero need not be of wisdom all compounded. Also he is not wholly to blame for the religion that’s been foisted on to him.
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Every great change is simple.
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Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing, the rest is mere sheep-herding.
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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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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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With one day’s reading a man may have the key in his hands.
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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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The concept of genius as akin to madness has been carefully cultivated by the inferiority complex of the public.
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Good art however ‘immoral’ is wholly a thing of virtue. Good art can NOT be immoral. By good art I mean art that bears true witness, I mean the art that is most precise.
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Artists are the antennae of the race.
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I have always thought the suicide should bump off at least one swine before taking off for parts unknown.
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The history of an art is the history of masterwork, not of failures, or mediocrity.
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I desired my dust to be mingled with yours Forever and forever and forever.
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