Quotes by Pound, Ezra

One measure of a civilization, either of an age or of a single individ >>

Nothing written for pay is worth printing. Only what has been written >>

I have never known anyone worth a damn who wasn't irascible. >>

Quotations about Books - Reading

Early in the morning, at break of day, in all the freshness and dawn o >>

Only a generation of readers will span a generation of writers. >>

The constant habit of perusing devout books is so indispensable, that >>

With one day's reading a man may have the key in his hands.

Pound, Ezra