That man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be, when it suits him, a coward.
EDGAR ALLAN POEScience has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.
More Edgar Allan Poe Quotes
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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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The best things in life make you sweaty.
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The scariest monsters are the ones that lurk within our souls.
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The eye, like a shattered mirror, multiplies the images of sorrow.
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We had always dwelled together, beneath a tropical sun, in the Valley of the Many Colored Grass.
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That pleasure which is at once the most pure, the most elevating and the most intense, is derived, I maintain, from the contemplation of the beautiful.
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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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The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?
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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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It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial.
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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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Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore.
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If a poem hasn’t ripped apart your soul; you haven’t experienced poetry.
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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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I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.
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