If a poem hasn’t ripped apart your soul; you haven’t experienced poetry.
EDGAR ALLAN POEAs 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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That which you mistake for madness is but an overacuteness of the senses.
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It is a happiness to wonder; it is a happiness to dream.
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With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.
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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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Happiness is not to be found in knowledge, but in the acquisition of knowledge.
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Never to suffer would never to have been blessed.
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The depth lies in the valleys where we seek her, and not upon the mountain-tops where she is found.
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All suffering originates from craving, from attachment, from desire.
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To elevate the soul, poetry is necessary.
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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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False hope is nicer than no hope at all.
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A short story must have a single mood and every sentence must build towards it.
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The past is a pebble in my shoe.
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To die laughing must be the most glorious of all glorious deaths!
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The true genius shudders at incompleteness – and usually prefers silence to saying something which is not everything it should be.
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