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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What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he holds it. – Ezra Pound

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Belief
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I could I trust starve like a gentleman. Its listed as part of the poetic training, you know. – Ezra Pound

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Trust
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Scholars, Scholarship
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I cannot forgive a scholar his homeless despondency. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

He has the common feeling of his profession. He enjoys a statement twice as much if it appears in fine print, and anything that turns up in a footnote… takes on the character of divine revelation. – Margaret Halsey

A scholar is like a book written in a dead language. It is not every one that can read in it. – William Hazlitt

And let a scholar all earths volumes carry, he will be but a walking dictionary: a mere articulate clock. – George Chapman

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In time it will become clear to everyone that support for the policies of pre-emptive war and interventionist nation-building will have much greater significance than the removal of Saddam Hussein itself. – Ron Paul

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Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important. – Bill Gates

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In Europe they call geeks smart people, and frankly I think we live in a culture that doesnt value intelligence enough so I am very proud in saying that I am a geek. – James Marsters

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I will far rather see the race of man extinct than that we should become less than beasts by making the noblest of Gods creation, woman, the object of our lust. – Mahatma Gandhi

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