Mysteries force a man to think, and so injure his health.
EDGAR ALLAN POEBelieve nothing you hear, and only one half that you see.
More Edgar Allan Poe Quotes
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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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Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.
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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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All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.
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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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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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Even in the grave, all is not lost.
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I am a writer. Therefore, I am not sane.
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False hope is nicer than no hope at all.
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Stupidity is a talent for misconception.
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When a madman appears thoroughly sane, indeed, it is high time to put him in a straight jacket.
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Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.
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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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I have, indeed, no abhorrence of danger, except in its absolute effect – in terror.
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I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.
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