I am above the weakness of seeking to establish a sequence of cause and effect, between the disaster and the atrocity.
EDGAR ALLAN POEImperceptibly the love of these discords grew upon me as my love of music grew stronger.
More Edgar Allan Poe Quotes
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Every poem should remind the reader that they are going to die.
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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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I have great faith in fools – self-confidence my friends will call 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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Even in the grave, all is not lost.
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I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched.
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Sleep, those little slices of death – how I loathe them.
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Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore.
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Never to suffer would never to have been blessed.
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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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Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.
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Now this is the point. You fancy me a mad. Madmen know nothing. But you should have seen me. You should have seen how wisely I proceeded.
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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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A million candles have burned themselves out. Still I read on.
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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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