I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.
EDGAR ALLAN POEWith me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.
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False hope is nicer than no hope at all.
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As 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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There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm.
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All suffering originates from craving, from attachment, from desire.
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And all I loved, I loved alone.
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If a poem hasn’t ripped apart your soul; you haven’t experienced poetry.
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I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.
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The believer is happy. The doubter is wise.
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The best things in life make you sweaty.
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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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I dread the events of the future, not in themselves but in their results.
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The rudiment of verse may, possibly, be found in the spondee.
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Books, indeed, were his sole luxuries.
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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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I have great faith in fools – self-confidence my friends will call it.
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