When a madman appears thoroughly sane, indeed, it is high time to put him in a straight jacket.
EDGAR ALLAN POEArt is to look at not to criticize.
More Edgar Allan Poe Quotes
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And I fell violently on my face.
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Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore.
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Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.
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All that we see and seem is but a dream within a dream.
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Years of love have been forgot, In the hatred of a minute.
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The past is a pebble in my shoe.
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Convinced myself, I seek not to convince.
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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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Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
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Lord, help my poor soul.
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I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.
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Happiness is not to be found in knowledge, but in the acquisition of knowledge.
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Art is to look at not to criticize.
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The rudiment of verse may, possibly, be found in the spondee.
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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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