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Quote by Ezra Pound
Gloom and solemnity are entirely out of place in even the most rig

Gloom and solemnity are entirely out of place in even the most rigorous study of an art originally intended to make glad the heart of man. – Ezra Pound

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The act of bellringing is symbolic of all proselytizing religions. It implies the pointless interference with the quiet of other people. – Ezra Pound

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Religion
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There is no reason why the same man should like the same books at eighteen and forty-eight. – Ezra Pound

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

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War
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Scholarship except by accident is never the measure of a persons power. – Josiah Gilbert Holland

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Erudition. Dust shaken out of a book into an empty skull. – Ambrose Bierce

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He was a rake among scholars, and a scholar among rakes. – Thomas Babington Macaulay

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When nature exceeds culture, we have the rustic. When culture exceeds nature then we the pedant. – Confucius

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The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves. – Demosthenes

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I couldnt relate to kid stuff. Jimmy doesnt like me! Who cares? I was worried we didnt have gas money or food. Those were my concerns. – Leighton Meester

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Alimony is like buying hay for a dead horse. – Groucho Marx

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Life is about family and technology. – Mark Goddard

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