As a poet and as a mathematician, he would reason well; as a mere mathematician, he could not have reasoned at all.
EDGAR ALLAN POEMysteries force a man to think, and so injure his health.
More Edgar Allan Poe Quotes
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The best things in life make you sweaty.
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Stupidity is a talent for misconception.
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All that we see and seem is but a dream within a dream.
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We loved with a love that was more than love.
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The eye, like a shattered mirror, multiplies the images of sorrow.
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I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of beauty.
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Where the good and the bad and the worst and the best have gone to their eternal rest.
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Imperceptibly the love of these discords grew upon me as my love of music grew stronger.
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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 remained too much inside my head and ended up losing my mind.
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It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial.
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That pleasure which is at once the most pure, the most elevating and the most intense, is derived, I maintain, from the contemplation of the beautiful.
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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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And so being young and dipped in folly I fell in love with melancholy.
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The world is a great ocean, upon which we encounter more tempestuous storms than calms.
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