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

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Religion, oh, just another of those numerous failures resulting from an attempt to popularize art.

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Ts'ai Chi'h

The petals fall in the fountain,
the orange-coloured rose-leaves,
Their ochre clings to the stone.

poem by Ezra Pound
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The image is more than an idea. It is a vortex or cluster of fused ideas and is endowed with energy.

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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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Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing. The rest is mere sheep-herding.

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People find ideas a bore because they do not distinguish between live ones and stuffed ones on a shelf.

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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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Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear.

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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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