That man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be, when it suits him, a coward.
EDGAR ALLAN POELord, help my poor soul.
More Edgar Allan Poe Quotes
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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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Art is to look at not to criticize.
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With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.
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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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Happiness is not to be found in knowledge, but in the acquisition of knowledge.
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Mysteries force a man to think, and so injure his health.
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And I fell violently on my face.
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I am a writer. Therefore, I am not sane.
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The rudiment of verse may, possibly, be found in the spondee.
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As a poet and as a mathematician, he would reason well; as a mere mathematician, he could not have reasoned at all.
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The scariest monsters are the ones that lurk within our souls.
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Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the larger, portion of truth arises from the seemingly irrelevant.
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If a poem hasn’t ripped apart your soul; you haven’t experienced poetry.
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There are chords in the hearts of the most reckless which cannot be touched without emotion.”
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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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