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Re: help
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Wayne Pounds <[log in to unmask]>
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- Ezra Pound discussion list of the University of Maine <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 5 Jul 2001 14:59:58 +0900
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I'm surprised at the lack of response on this query, forcing me out of
my lethargy. The source is Machiavelli's <The Prince> and if memory
serves, and it may not, Pound renders it in the Cantos and elsewhere as
"men live in the few." I.e., the few artists and thinkers whose ideas
matter.

Wayne

jason sweitzer wrote:

> The nearest i get to is:
> men: only a few live
> or
> only a few men live
>
> Source unknown.
>
> --- Stephen Wilson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > In Pound's Jan. 1922 Paris Letter (Dial Feb. 1922)
> > the following Italian phrase occurs: Gli uomini
> > vivono in pochi. Does anyone have a source for this?
> > Can anyone suggest a good English translation?
> >
> > Stephen Wilson.
>
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