That man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be, when it suits him, a coward.
EDGAR ALLAN POEWords have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.
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All suffering originates from craving, from attachment, from desire.
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The rudiment of verse may, possibly, be found in the spondee.
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The believer is happy. The doubter is wise.
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Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.
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The world is a great ocean, upon which we encounter more tempestuous storms than calms.
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I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.
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I felt that I breathed an atmosphere of sorrow.
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Imperceptibly the love of these discords grew upon me as my love of music grew stronger.
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Even with the utterly lost, to whom life and death are equally jests, there are matters of which no jest can be made.
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With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.
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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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To elevate the soul, poetry is necessary.
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Where the good and the bad and the worst and the best have gone to their eternal rest.
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Men have called me mad; but the question is not yet settled, whether madness is or is not the loftiest intelligence.
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Even in the grave, all is not lost.
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