Edgar Allan Poe Quotes

Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe
American Poet
Born: Jan 19, 1809
Died: Oct 7, 1849
Dream Man Soul Think Will World
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We loved with a love that was more than love. Edgar Allan Poe
Love More Than Loved
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. Edgar Allan Poe
Dreams Darkness Long Before Doubting Dared Dream Dreaming Fearing Mortal Wondering Stood Deep Ever
They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. Edgar Allan Poe
Day Imagination Those Dream Only Escape Which Who Many Things Cognizant Night
All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream. Edgar Allan Poe
Dream See Seem Within
I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty. Edgar Allan Poe
Words Beauty Creation Define Would Poetry Brief
Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality. Edgar Allan Poe
Reality Words Mind Power Impress Horror Without Exquisite
All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry. Edgar Allan Poe
Religion Fear Greed Imagination Out Evolved Fraud My Friend Poetry Simply Friend
Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence. Edgar Allan Poe
Science Intelligence Madness Sublimity Taught Us
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? Edgar Allan Poe
Life Death Best Other Say Shadowy Shall Divide Boundaries Begins Ends Where Which Who Vague
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago. Edgar Allan Poe
Faith Wise Man Happy Humanity Will Active Think More Only He Exertion Nor Years Years Ago Effect Than Human Now
To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness. Edgar Allan Poe
Great Man Way Great Man Attain Himself Greatness Which Little Little Man Vilify
Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears. Edgar Allan Poe
Soul Tears Beauty Whatever Kind Invariably Excites Development Supreme Sensitive
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary. Edgar Allan Poe
Weary Once Weak Dreary While Midnight
The true genius shudders at incompleteness - and usually prefers silence to saying something which is not everything it should be. Edgar Allan Poe
Saying Silence Genius Everything Something True True Genius Which Should
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 Poe
Hope Dreams Man World Made Nine Ninety Hundredth Bent Those True New Come Content Making Who
If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered. Edgar Allan Poe
You Wish Remembered Make Spot Forget Anything Note Thing
That man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be, when it suits him, a coward. Edgar Allan Poe
Man Suits Coward Seem Him Truly Brave Afraid Either Who
The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world. Edgar Allan Poe
Beautiful Death Woman World Beautiful Woman Topic Unquestionably Poetical Most
In criticism I will be bold, and as sternly, absolutely just with friend and foe. From this purpose nothing shall turn me. Edgar Allan Poe
Me Will Criticism Nothing Foe Shall Purpose Absolutely Friend Just Turn Bold
Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it 'the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul.' The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of 'Artist.' Edgar Allan Poe
Art Nature Man Soul Imitation Define Perceive Through Sacred Mere Veil Term Name Call However Were Very Accurate Artist Senses Reproduction Should
Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who are least able to utter them. Edgar Allan Poe
Those Puns Has-Been Able Most Said Least Been Dislike Them Who Utter
There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one of the few. Edgar Allan Poe
Few Think Considered Case Cases Proper Mere Merit Test Which Should Popularity
I am above the weakness of seeking to establish a sequence of cause and effect, between the disaster and the atrocity. Edgar Allan Poe
Cause Weakness Seeking Above Atrocity Between Disaster Am Effect Establish Sequence
Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so. Edgar Allan Poe
Life Man Happy Will Real Life He Soon Because Real Chiefly Expecting Ever
It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream. Edgar Allan Poe
Future Think Our Dream Shall Look Existence Irrational Fancy Means Present
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. Edgar Allan Poe
Beautiful Pure Once Pleasure Maintain Contemplation Most Intense Which Derived Elevating
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