If a man deceives me once, shame on him; if he deceives me twice, shame on me.
EDGAR ALLAN POEEven for those to whom life and death are equal jests. There are some things that are still held in respect.
More Edgar Allan Poe Quotes
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Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see.
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And I fell violently on my face.
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From childhood’s hour I have not been. As others were, I have not seen. As others saw, I could not awaken. My heart to joy at the same tone. And all I loved, I loved alone.
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Books, indeed, were his sole luxuries.
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And so being young and dipped in folly I fell in love with melancholy.
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If a poem hasn’t ripped apart your soul; you haven’t experienced poetry.
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I am a writer. Therefore, I am not sane.
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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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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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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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That 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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If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.
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Leave my loneliness unbroken.
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