And so being young and dipped in folly I fell in love with melancholy.
EDGAR ALLAN POEThat pleasure which is at once the most pure, the most elevating and the most intense, is derived, I maintain, from the contemplation of the beautiful.
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A man’s grammar, like Caesar’s wife, should not only be pure, but above suspicion of impurity.
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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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Imperceptibly the love of these discords grew upon me as my love of music grew stronger.
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To elevate the soul, poetry is necessary.
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There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm.
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The death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world.
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Convinced myself, I seek not to convince.
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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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If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.
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Invisible things are the only realities.
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With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.
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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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The ninety and nine are with dreams, content, but the hope of the world made new, is the hundredth man who is grimly bent on making those dreams come true.
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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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Leave my loneliness unbroken.
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