I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of beauty.
EDGAR ALLAN POEWhen a madman appears thoroughly sane, indeed, it is high time to put him in a straight jacket.
More Edgar Allan Poe Quotes
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And I fell violently on my face.
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Art is to look at not to criticize.
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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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All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.
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I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.
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All suffering originates from craving, from attachment, from desire.
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A million candles have burned themselves out. Still I read on.
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The death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world.
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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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The world is a great ocean, upon which we encounter more tempestuous storms than calms.
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If a man deceives me once, shame on him; if he deceives me twice, shame on me.
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Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
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Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December; And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
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Either the memory of past bliss is the anguish of to-day; or the agonies which are have their origins in ecstasies which might have been.
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