When a madman appears thoroughly sane, indeed, it is high time to put him in a straight jacket.
EDGAR ALLAN POEA man’s grammar, like Caesar’s wife, should not only be pure, but above suspicion of impurity.
More Edgar Allan Poe Quotes
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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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I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of beauty.
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The past is a pebble in my shoe.
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Even for those to whom life and death are equal jests. There are some things that are still held in respect.
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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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All suffering originates from craving, from attachment, from desire.
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To die laughing must be the most glorious of all glorious deaths!
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The believer is happy. The doubter is wise.
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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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Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.
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Imperceptibly the love of these discords grew upon me as my love of music grew stronger.
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To elevate the soul, poetry is necessary.
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I dread the events of the future, not in themselves but in their results.
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And all I loved, I loved alone.
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The fury of a demon instantly possessed me. I knew myself no longer. My original soul seemed, at once, to take its flight from my body; and a more than fiendish malevolence, gin-nurtured, thrilled every fibre of my frame.
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