The death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world.
EDGAR ALLAN POEA short story must have a single mood and every sentence must build towards it.
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I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.
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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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A wise man hears one word and understands two.
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Books, indeed, were his sole luxuries.
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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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Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.
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Lord, help my poor soul.
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There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm.
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I have, indeed, no abhorrence of danger, except in its absolute effect – in terror.
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Art is to look at not to criticize.
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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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I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.
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Books, indeed, were his sole luxuries.
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Happiness is not to be found in knowledge, but in the acquisition of knowledge.
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All suffering originates from craving, from attachment, from desire.
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