Books, indeed, were his sole luxuries.
EDGAR ALLAN POEThe nose of a mob is its imagination. By this, at any time, it can be quietly led.
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I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched.
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It is a happiness to wonder; it is a happiness to dream.
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There is no exquisite beauty without some strangeness in the proportion.
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It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream.
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And I fell violently on my face.
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Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.
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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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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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I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.
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Art is to look at not to criticize.
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Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore.
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Never to suffer would never to have been blessed.
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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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Imperceptibly the love of these discords grew upon me as my love of music grew stronger.
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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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