Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December; And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
EDGAR ALLAN POEYet mad I am not and very surely do I not dream.
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I am above the weakness of seeking to establish a sequence of cause and effect, between the disaster and the atrocity.
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Even with the utterly lost, to whom life and death are equally jests, there are matters of which no jest can be made.
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The death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world.
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If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.
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I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched.
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A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on.
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Books, indeed, were his sole luxuries.
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And all I loved, I loved alone.
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I am a writer. Therefore, I am not sane.
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To elevate the soul, poetry is necessary.
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Convinced myself, I seek not to convince.
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And so being young and dipped in folly I fell in love with melancholy.
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Lord, help my poor soul.
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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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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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