Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December; And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
EDGAR ALLAN POEMysteries force a man to think, and so injure his health.
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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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That man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be, when it suits him, a coward.
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With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.
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To die laughing must be the most glorious of all glorious deaths!
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Sleep, those little slices of death – how I loathe them.
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Deep in earth my love is lying and I must weep alone.
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All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.
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Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see.
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If a poem hasn’t ripped apart your soul; you haven’t experienced poetry.
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And so being young and dipped in folly I fell in love with melancholy.
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I am a writer. Therefore, I am not sane.
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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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To elevate the soul, poetry is necessary.
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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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The death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world.
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