That which you mistake for madness is but an overacuteness of the senses.
EDGAR ALLAN POEThose who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
More Edgar Allan Poe Quotes
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With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.
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Leave my loneliness unbroken.
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The nose of a mob is its imagination. By this, at any time, it can be quietly led.
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The death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world.
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Art is to look at not to criticize.
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Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.
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Imperceptibly the love of these discords grew upon me as my love of music grew stronger.
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Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.
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From childhood’s hour I have not been. As others were, I have not seen. As others saw, I could not awaken. My heart to joy at the same tone. And all I loved, I loved alone.
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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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A man’s grammar, like Caesar’s wife, should not only be pure, but above suspicion of impurity.
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We loved with a love that was more than love.
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The rudiment of verse may, possibly, be found in the spondee.
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All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.
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Even for those to whom life and death are equal jests. There are some things that are still held in respect.
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