In efforts to soar above our nature, we invariably fall below it.
EDGAR ALLAN POEWe had always dwelled together, beneath a tropical sun, in the Valley of the Many Colored Grass.
More Edgar Allan Poe Quotes
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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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The scariest monsters are the ones that lurk within our souls.
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If a poem hasn’t ripped apart your soul; you haven’t experienced poetry.
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Even in the grave, all is not lost.
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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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Convinced myself, I seek not to convince.
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Man’s real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so.
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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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I remained too much inside my head and ended up losing my mind.
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Books, indeed, were his sole luxuries.
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The death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world.
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Invisible things are the only realities.
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Years of love have been forgot, In the hatred of a minute.
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All suffering originates from craving, from attachment, from desire.
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The best things in life make you sweaty.
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