I dread the events of the future, not in themselves but in their results.
EDGAR ALLAN POEMysteries force a man to think, and so injure his health.
More Edgar Allan Poe Quotes
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There are some secrets which do not permit themselves to be told.
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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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Invisible things are the only realities.
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The true genius shudders at incompleteness – imperfection – and usually prefers silence to saying the something which is not everything that should be said.
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Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!
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The scariest monsters are the ones that lurk within our souls.
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I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched.
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Happiness is not to be found in knowledge, but in the acquisition of knowledge.
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All suffering originates from craving, from attachment, from desire.
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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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If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.
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The rudiment of verse may, possibly, be found in the spondee.
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In efforts to soar above our nature, we invariably fall below it.
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I am a writer. Therefore, I am not sane.
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The past is a pebble in my shoe.
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