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.
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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When a madman appears thoroughly sane, indeed, it is high time to put him in a straight jacket.
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I remained too much inside my head and ended up losing my mind.
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The death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world.
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And I fell violently on my face.
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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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The scariest monsters are the ones that lurk within our souls.
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Mysteries force a man to think, and so injure his health.
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Books, indeed, were his sole luxuries.
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Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore.
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There are some secrets which do not permit themselves to be told.
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To elevate the soul, poetry is necessary.
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Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.
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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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All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.
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The eye, like a shattered mirror, multiplies the images of sorrow.
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