Ezra Pound quotes and words of wisdom |  | "The rustling of the silk is discontinued, Dust drifts over the
courtyard, There is not sound of footfall, and the leaves Scurry into
heaps and lie still, And she the rejoicer of the heart is beneath them: A
wet leaf that clings to the threshold." | |  | Found in the topic Unsorted.
| | | "When I carefully consider the curious habits of dogs I am compelled
to conclude That man is the superior animal. When I consider the curious
habits of man I confess, my friend, I am puzzled." | | | Found in the topic Dog.
| | | "Literature is news that stays news." | | | Found in the topic Book.
| | | "Great Literature is simply language charged with meaning to the
utmost possible degree." | | | Found in the topic Literature.
| | | "Better mendacities Than the classics in paraphrase! Some quick to
arm, some for adventure, some from fear of weakness, some from fear of
censure, some for love of slaughter, in imagination, learning later ...
some in fear, learning love of slaughter; Died some, pro patria, non
"dulce" non "et decor" . walked eye-deep in hell believing in old men"s
lies, the unbelieving came home, home to a lie." | | | Found in the topic Classic.
| | | "Genius ... is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man
sees one, and where the man of talent sees two or three, plus the ability
to register that multiple perception in the material of his art." | | | Found in the topic Genius.
| | | "What thou lovest well remains, the rest is dross What thou lov"st
well shall not be reft from thee What thou lov"st well is thy true
heritage Whose world, or mine or theirs or is it of none? First came the
seen, then thus the palpable Elysium, though it were in the halls of hell.
What thou lovest well is thy true heritage." | | | Found in the topic Love.
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Interesting Quotes
If you can dream it, you can do it.Walt Disney - US cartoonist & movie producer (1901 - 1966)
All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible.T. E. Lawrence
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