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 begins to atrophy when it departs too far from the dance… poetry begins to atrophy when it gets too far from music. – Ezra Pound

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Music
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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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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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All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words Ich bin ein Berliner! – John F. Kennedy

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Being the boss anywhere is lonely. Being a female boss in a world of mostly men is especially so. – Robert Frost

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As a rule, men worry more about what they cant see than about what they can. – Julius Caesar

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No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit. – Ansel Adams

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The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. – William Blake

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