Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.
EDGAR ALLAN POEI 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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And all I loved, I loved alone.
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All suffering originates from craving, from attachment, from desire.
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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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The rudiment of verse may, possibly, be found in the spondee.
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A short story must have a single mood and every sentence must build towards it.
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It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial.
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Lord, help my poor soul.
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Convinced myself, I seek not to convince.
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There are some secrets which do not permit themselves to be told.
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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 die laughing must be the most glorious of all glorious deaths!
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Even in the grave, all is not lost.
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Every poem should remind the reader that they are going to die.
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I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched.
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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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