That man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be, when it suits him, a coward.
EDGAR ALLAN POEFalse hope is nicer than no hope at all.
More Edgar Allan Poe Quotes
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I dread the events of the future, not in themselves but in their results.
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The world is a great ocean, upon which we encounter more tempestuous storms than calms.
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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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Years of love have been forgot, In the hatred of a minute.
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Even in the grave, all is not lost.
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Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see.
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There are some secrets which do not permit themselves to be told.
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Man’s real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so.
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The true genius shudders at incompleteness – imperfection – and usually prefers silence to saying the something which is not everything that should be said.
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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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A million candles have burned themselves out. Still I read on.
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I intend to put up with nothing that I can put down.
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There is no exquisite beauty without some strangeness in the proportion.
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I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of beauty.
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Books, indeed, were his sole luxuries.
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