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Edgar Allan Poe Quotes

Edgar Allan Poe quotes

American Poet, Writer January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849

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To him, who still would gaze upon the glory of the summer sun, there comes, when that sun will from him part, a sullen hopelessness of heart. Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe quote: "When a madman appears thoroughly sane, indeed, it is high time..."
When a madman appears thoroughly sane, indeed, it is high time to put him in a straight jacket. Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe quote: "A judge at common law may be an ordinary man; a good judge of..."
A judge at common law may be an ordinary man; a good judge of a carpet must be a genius. Edgar Allan Poe
...the question is of will, and not, as the insanity of logic has assumed, of power. It is not that the Deity cannot modify his laws, but that we insult him in imagining a possible necessity for modification. Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe quote: "We gave the Future to the winds, and slumbered tranquilly in..."
We gave the Future to the winds, and slumbered tranquilly in the Present, weaving the dull world around us into dreams. Edgar Allan Poe
In a night, or in a day, In a vision, or in none, Is it therefore the less gone? All that we see or seem Is but a dream within a dream Edgar Allan Poe
The mass of the people regard as profound only him who suggests pungent contradictions of the general idea. In ratiocination, not less than in literature, it is the epigram which is the most immediately and the most universally appreciated. In both, it is of the lowest order of merit. Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe quote: "No one should brave the underworld alone."
No one should brave the underworld alone. Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe quote: "There are chords in the hearts of the most reckless which..."
There are chords in the hearts of the most reckless which cannot be touched without emotion. Edgar Allan Poe
With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not? they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind. Edgar Allan Poe
Either the memory of past bliss is the anguish of to-day; or the agonies which are have their origins in ecstasies which might have been. Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe quote: "Thy soul shall find itself alone"
Thy soul shall find itself alone Edgar Allan Poe
...And, all at once, the moon arouse through the thin ghastly mist, And was crimson in color... And they lynx which dwelleth forever in the tomb, came out therefrom. And lay down at the feet of the demon. And looked at him steadily in the face. Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe quote: "Sleep, those little slices of death? how I loathe them."
Sleep, those little slices of death? how I loathe them. Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe quote: "Sleep, those little slices of death; Oh how I loathe them."
Sleep, those little slices of death; Oh how I loathe them. Edgar Allan Poe

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