What did Ezra Pound mean by: If a nation’s literature declines, the nation atrophies and decays. Ezra Pound Poet · USA Copy
Poets who are not interested in music are, or become, bad poets. Author, December 14, 2023December 28, 2024, Ezra Pound, Connection, Creativity, Expression, 0 Ezra Pound Poet · USA
+ There is no reason why the same man should like the same books at eighteen and at forty-eight Author, December 14, 2023December 28, 2024, Ezra Pound, Change, Growth, Preferences, 0 Ezra Pound Poet · USA
+ The what is so much more important than how. Author, July 5, 2023January 2, 2025, Ezra Pound, Emphasis, Execution, Importance, 0 Ezra Pound Poet · USA
+ Technique is the test of sincerity. Author, July 5, 2023January 2, 2025, Ezra Pound, Authenticity, Evaluation, Skill, 0 Ezra Pound Poet · USA
+ The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language. Author, December 14, 2023December 29, 2024, Ezra Pound, Diversity, Language, Wisdom, 0 Ezra Pound Poet · USA
+ The real trouble with war (modern war) is that it gives no one a chance to kill the right people. Author, December 14, 2023December 28, 2024, Ezra Pound, Confusion, Futility, Morality, 0 Ezra Pound Poet · USA
+ I have never known anyone worth a damn who wasn’t irascible. Author, September 15, 2023January 2, 2025, Ezra Pound, Personality, Worthiness, 0 Ezra Pound Poet · USA
+ Rhythm is form cut into time. Author, July 3, 2023January 2, 2025, Ezra Pound, Form, Rhythm, Time, 0 Ezra Pound Poet · USA
We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The vine that has been made to bear fruit in the spring, withers and dies before autumn. Jean-Baptiste Rousseau Poet · France
The cliche is that life is a mountain. You go up, reach the top and then go down. Jeanne Moreau Actress · France
The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age. Read explanation François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France