Imperceptibly the love of these discords grew upon me as my love of music grew stronger.
EDGAR ALLAN POEWhen a madman appears thoroughly sane, indeed, it is high time to put him in a straight jacket.
More Edgar Allan Poe Quotes
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Even in the grave, all is not lost.
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I am a writer. Therefore, I am not sane.
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If a poem hasn’t ripped apart your soul; you haven’t experienced poetry.
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To elevate the soul, poetry is necessary.
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I have no faith in human perfectibility. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active – not more happy – nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
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A wise man hears one word and understands two.
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It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream.
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Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.
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As a poet and as a mathematician, he would reason well; as a mere mathematician, he could not have reasoned at all.
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Now this is the point. You fancy me a mad. Madmen know nothing. But you should have seen me. You should have seen how wisely I proceeded.
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The ninety and nine are with dreams, content, but the hope of the world made new, is the hundredth man who is grimly bent on making those dreams come true.
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Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.
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The rudiment of verse may, possibly, be found in the spondee.
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And so being young and dipped in folly I fell in love with melancholy.
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The depth lies in the valleys where we seek her, and not upon the mountain-tops where she is found.
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