Famous quote by Ezra Pound

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"A civilized man is one who will give a serious answer to a serious question. Civilization itself is a certain sane balance of values"

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This quote is written / told by Ezra Pound between October 30, 1885 and November 1, 1972. He/she was a famous Poet from USA. The author also have 48 other quotes.

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"Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are"

"Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime"

"Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing"

Euripides, Poet

"America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between"

"Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty; what is the matter with the rich is Uselessness"

"The family is the nucleus of civilization"

"Youth is not a question of years: one is young or old from birth"

"Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos"

"The question is not, "Can they reason?" nor, "Can they talk?" but rather, "Can they suffer?""

"The power to question is the basis of all human progress"