In efforts to soar above our nature, we invariably fall below it.
EDGAR ALLAN POEHappiness is not to be found in knowledge, but in the acquisition of knowledge.
More Edgar Allan Poe Quotes
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Stupidity is a talent for misconception.
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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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There are some secrets which do not permit themselves to be told.
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Books, indeed, were his sole luxuries.
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Men have called me mad; but the question is not yet settled, whether madness is or is not the loftiest intelligence.
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To elevate the soul, poetry is necessary.
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When a madman appears thoroughly sane, indeed, it is high time to put him in a straight jacket.
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That which you mistake for madness is but an overacuteness of the senses.
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I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.
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Even in the grave, all is not lost.
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I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of beauty.
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Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.
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Convinced myself, I seek not to convince.
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All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.
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Blood was its Avatar and its seal.
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