That which you mistake for madness is but an overacuteness of the senses.
EDGAR ALLAN POEA wise man hears one word and understands two.
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And so being young and dipped in folly I fell in love with melancholy.
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And I fell violently on my face.
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Imperceptibly the love of these discords grew upon me as my love of music grew stronger.
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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 are chords in the hearts of the most reckless which cannot be touched without emotion.”
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Yet mad I am not and very surely do I not dream.
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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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I have, indeed, no abhorrence of danger, except in its absolute effect – in terror.
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If a poem hasn’t ripped apart your soul; you haven’t experienced poetry.
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The scariest monsters are the ones that lurk within our souls.
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When a madman appears thoroughly sane, indeed, it is high time to put him in a straight jacket.
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Books, indeed, were his sole luxuries.
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There are some secrets which do not permit themselves to be told.
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Books, indeed, were his sole luxuries.
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A million candles have burned themselves out. Still I read on.
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