Ezra Pound
Poet, Critic
"What thou lovest well remains, the rest is dross What thou lov’st well shall not be reft from thee What thou lov’st well is thy true heritage"
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Ezra Pound
Poet, Critic
"What thou lov'st well is thy true heritage."
Ezra Pound
Poet, Critic
"What thou lovest well remains."
James Russell Lowell
Poet, Essayist
"Earth gets its price for what Earth gives us."
William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet
"My love admits no qualifying dross"
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"Openness of mind strengthens the truth in us and removes the dross from it, if there is any."
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