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Ezra Pound

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

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

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"The rupee becomes cheap [of less value] and is that why man becomes expensive [valuable] and when the rupee becomes expensive, man becomes cheap. At present, man has become cheap; he will become expensive again."

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"A diamond will never tell you how valuable it is; if you don't already know, you are not worthy of it."

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"An ugly jar full of water is worth more than an empty beautiful one in the desert."

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"Don't some people say, 'You did not value me'? What value did you have at all? Go ask the ocean, 'what is my worth?' You will be swept away with one wave. The owner of many waves has swept away many a people like you! Worth is in those people who have no attachment-abhorrence."

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"Dickens is one of those authors who are well worth stealing."

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"We must bring back dignity to hard work."

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"Diamonds are proof that the most valuable things are sometimes formed in the dark."

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