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

Quote by Ezra Pound

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

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

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

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

Utter originality is, of course, out of the question

Utter originality is, of course, out of the question

Literature is news that stays news.

Literature is news that stays news.

Men do not understand books until they have a certain amount of life, or at...

Men do not understand books until they have a certain amount of life, or at...

The secret of popular writing is never to put more on a given page than...

The secret of popular writing is never to put more on a given page than...

Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree

Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree

Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book...

Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book...

I don't like Communism because it hands out wealth through rationing books.

I don't like Communism because it hands out wealth through rationing books.

I have a real soft spot in my heart for librarians and people who care...

I have a real soft spot in my heart for librarians and people who care...

Keeping books on social aid is capitalistic nonsense. I just use the money for the...

Keeping books on social aid is capitalistic nonsense. I just use the money for the...

Books have been handed down from generation to generation, as the true teachers of piety...

Books have been handed down from generation to generation, as the true teachers of piety...

I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are...

I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are...

A bibliophile of little means is likely to suffer often. Books don't slip from his...

A bibliophile of little means is likely to suffer often. Books don't slip from his...

The constant habit of perusing devout books is so indispensable, that it has been termed...

The constant habit of perusing devout books is so indispensable, that it has been termed...

Books fall from Garry Wills like leaves from a maple tree in a sort of...

Books fall from Garry Wills like leaves from a maple tree in a sort of...

And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should...

And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should...

The man who is fond of books is usually a man of lofty thought, and...

The man who is fond of books is usually a man of lofty thought, and...

Every reader finds himself. The writer's work is merely a kind of optical instrument that...

Every reader finds himself. The writer's work is merely a kind of optical instrument that...

OLD, adj. In that stage of usefulness which is not inconsistent with general inefficiency, as...

OLD, adj. In that stage of usefulness which is not inconsistent with general inefficiency, as...

Everyone probably thinks that I'm a raving nymphomaniac, that I have an insatiable sexual appetite,...

Everyone probably thinks that I'm a raving nymphomaniac, that I have an insatiable sexual appetite,...