With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.
EDGAR ALLAN POEIf you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.
More Edgar Allan Poe Quotes
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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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I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched.
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Never to suffer would never to have been blessed.
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There are some secrets which do not permit themselves to be told.
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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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Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.
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Imperceptibly the love of these discords grew upon me as my love of music grew stronger.
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To elevate the soul, poetry is necessary.
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The believer is happy. The doubter is wise.
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Books, indeed, were his sole luxuries.
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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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All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.
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Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore.
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All suffering originates from craving, from attachment, from desire.
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Lord, help my poor soul.
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