Ezra Pound Believe Quotations

If I could believe the Quakers banned music because church music is so damn bad, I should view them with approval.

Better mendacities Than the classics in paraphrase! Some quick to arm, some for adventure, some from fear of weakness, some from fear of censure, some for love of slaughter, in imagination, learning later . . . some in fear, learning love of slaughter; Died some, pro patria, non "dulce" non "et decor" . walked eye-deep in hell believing in old men's lies, the unbelieving came home, home to a lie.

What matters most is not the idea, but the capacity to believe in it completely.