All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.
EDGAR ALLAN POEBooks, indeed, were his sole luxuries.
More Edgar Allan Poe Quotes
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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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The scariest monsters are the ones that lurk within our souls.
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The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?
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The rudiment of verse may, possibly, be found in the spondee.
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The best things in life make you sweaty.
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I am a writer. Therefore, I am not sane.
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Even for those to whom life and death are equal jests. There are some things that are still held in respect.
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Even in the grave, all is not lost.
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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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A wise man hears one word and understands two.
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The death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world.
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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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There are some secrets which do not permit themselves to be told.
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If a poem hasn’t ripped apart your soul; you haven’t experienced poetry.
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Happiness is not to be found in knowledge, but in the acquisition of knowledge.
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