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Quote by Ezra Pound
Men do not understand books until they have a certain amount of li

Men do not understand books until they have a certain amount of life, or at any rate no man understands a deep book, until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents. – Ezra Pound

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Music rots when it gets too far from the dance. Poetry atrophies when it gets too far from music. – 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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Men blaspheme what they do not know. – Blaise Pascal

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Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent. – Napoleon Hill

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We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and men are members. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men and women not following the same pursuits with all their strengths and with one mind, for thus, the state instead of being whole is reduced to half. – Plato

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