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Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the ut

Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree. – Ezra Pound

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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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AS A MIND, who the hell else is there left for me to take an interest IN?? – Ezra Pound

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Fascism
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A great age of literature is perhaps always a great age of translations. – Ezra Pound

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Age
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Other Quotes from
Literature
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The duty of literature is to note what counts, and to light up what is suited to the light. If it ceases to choose and to love, it becomes like a woman who gives herself without preference. – Anatole France

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Literature

I… was seized very early with a passion for literature, which has been the ruling passion of my life, and the great source of my enjoyments. – David Hume (1712–1776)

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Literature

When once the itch of literature comes over a man, nothing can cure it but the scratching of a pen. But if you have not a pen, I suppose you must scratch any way you can. – Samuel Lover, Handy Andy, 1842

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Literature

Literature is the question minus the answer. – Roland Barthes

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Literature

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I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah. – William Tecumseh Sherman

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My aunt had a season ticket for the Friday afternoon concerts, and I would go down for lessons. My lessons were Saturday morning. – Robert Ripley

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