Ezra Pound - If the individual, or heretic, ge...

If the individual, or heretic, gets hold of some essential truth, or sees some error in the system being practiced, he commits so many marginal errors himself that he is worn out before he can establish his point.

Ezra Pound

American Poet

Born: Oct 30, 1885

Died: Nov 1, 1972

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