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What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which h

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

Other quotes by Ezra Pound

Colloquial poetry is to the real art as the barbers wax dummy is to sculpture. – Ezra Pound

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Poetry
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Ezra Pound
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If the individual, or heretic, gets hold of some essential truth, or sees some error in the system being practised, he commits so many marginal errors himself that he is worn out before he can establish his point. – Ezra Pound

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Heresy
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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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Music
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Ezra Pound
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Other Quotes from
Belief
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He does not believe who does not live according to his belief. – Thomas Fuller

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Belief

Not… what opinions are held, but… how they are held: instead of being held dogmatically, [liberal] opinions are held tentatively, and with a consciousness that new evidence may at any moment lead to their abandonment. – Bertrand Russell, Unpopular Essays, 1950

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Belief

I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the murderer, just before he puts the final wrench on his throat, will have enough compassion to give him one sweet cup of water. – Maya Angelou

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Belief

Some things have to be believed to be seen. – Ralph Hodgson, The Skylark and Other Poems

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Belief

Random Quotes

If at first you don’t succeed, skydiving definitely isn’t for you. – Author Unknown

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Skydiving

The subject of Finnish poetry ought to have a special interest for the Japanese student, if only for the reason that Finnish poetry comes more closely in many respects to Japanese poetry than any other form of Western poetry. – Lafcadio Hearn

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Poetry

Id repair our education system or replace it with something that works. – Larry Niven

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Education

People have to be educated and they have to stick to it. If people lose that respect, an awful lot is lost. – Stephen Breyer

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respect