"If a man isn't willing to take some……" — Ezra Pound

"If a man isn't willing to take some risk for his opinions, either his opinions are no good or he's no good"

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174 Quotes by Ezra Pound

Ezra Pound has 174 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The real meditation is ... the meditation on one's identity. Ah, voilà une chose!! You try it. You try finding…
If a nation's literature declines, the nation atrophies and decays.
I have always thought the suicide should bump off at least one swine before taking off for parts unknown.
The intellect is a very nice whirligig toy, but how people take it seriously is more than I can understand.
The only chance for victory over the brainwash is the right of every man to have his ideas judged one…
Fit for kings, formal gardens afford an earthly Elysium and the odd impression that we mere men might actually control…
All my life I believed I knew something. But then one strange day came when I realized that I knew…
Utter originality is, of course, out of the question.
The artist is the antenna of the race.
The Image is more than an idea. It is a vortex or cluster of fused ideas and is endowed with…
A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions It is classic because…
If a patron buys from an artist who needs money (needs money to buy tools, time, food), the patron then…

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Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be… — Hannah Arendt
The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good… — Hannah Arendt
Few girls are as well shaped as a good horse. — Hannah Arendt
Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can… — Hannah Arendt
Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I… — Asia Argento
I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can… — Alexis Arguello
Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the… — Alexis Arguello
I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me. — Ludovico Ariosto
Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the… — Aristotle
Good habits formed at youth make all the difference. — Aristotle
Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics. — Aristotle

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