Edgar Allan Poe quotes

There is no exquisite beauty... without some strangeness in the …There is no exquisite beauty... without some strangeness in the proportion.

Beauty Short

Never to suffer would never to have been …Never to suffer would never to have been blessed.

Short Suffering

Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you …Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see.

Short Wisdom Belief

Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in …Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.

Beauty Poetry

If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be …If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.

Funny Memory

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible …I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

Short Humor

I have no faith in human perfectibility. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable …I have no faith in human perfectibility. 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.

Faith Happiness Truth Perspective

Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by …Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.

Dreams

The true genius shudders at incompleteness - imperfection - and usually prefers silence to saying …The true genius shudders at incompleteness - imperfection - and usually prefers silence to saying the something which is not everything that should be said.

Silence

Sleep, those little slices of death - how I loathe …Sleep, those little slices of death - how I loathe them.

Death Short

To elevate the soul, poetry is …To elevate the soul, poetry is necessary.

Poetry Short Soul

It is a happiness to wonder; -- it is a happiness to …It is a happiness to wonder; -- it is a happiness to dream.

Dreams Happiness Imagination Short






All Edgar Allan Poe quotes


I intend to put up with nothing that I can put …I intend to put up with nothing that I can put down.

Book Reading

The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the …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?

Death Life

I have great faith in fools - self-confidence my friends will call …I have great faith in fools - self-confidence my friends will call it.

Faith Humor

It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think …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.

Time Future Past

I felt that I breathed an atmosphere of …I felt that I breathed an atmosphere of sorrow.

Short

The death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the …The death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world.

Beauty Death Poetry Women

We loved with a love that was more than …We loved with a love that was more than love.

Love Short

Yet mad I am not...and very surely do I not …Yet mad I am not...and very surely do I not dream.

Dreams

Invisible things are the only …Invisible things are the only realities.

Humor

All that we see or seem is but a dream within a …All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.

Dreams Short Reality Perception

Even in the grave, all is not …Even in the grave, all is not lost.

Death Short

With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a …With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.

Poetry Passion

Every moment of the night Forever changing places And they put out the star-light With the breath …Every moment of the night Forever changing places And they put out the star-light With the breath from their pale faces

Now this is the point. You fancy me a mad. Madmen know nothing. But you should have seen me. You …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...