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Ezra Pound Quotes

Ezra Pound quotes about people

American Poet October 30, 1885 – November 1, 1972

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Song in the Manner of Housman" O woe, woe, People are born and die, We also shall be dead pretty soon Therefore let us act as if we were dead already. The bird sits on the hawthorn tree But he dies also, presently. Some lads get hung, and some get shot. Woeful is this human lot. Woe! woe, etcetera.... London is a woeful place, Shropshire is much pleasanter. Then let us smile a little space Upon fond nature's morbid grace. ... Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound quote: "The real trouble with war (modern war) is that it gives no one..."
The real trouble with war (modern war) is that it gives no one a chance to kill the right people. Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound quote: "People find ideas a bore because they do not distinguish..."
People find ideas a bore because they do not distinguish between live ones and stuffed ones on a shelf. Ezra Pound
The act of bell ringing is symbolic of all proselytizing religions. It implies the pointless interference with the quiet of other people. Ezra Pound

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