Author: Edgar Allan Poe

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Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.

Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.

- Edgar Allan Poe

Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.

Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.

- Edgar Allan Poe

We loved with a love that was more than love.

We loved with a love that was more than love.

- Edgar Allan Poe

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

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

- Edgar Allan Poe

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.

- Edgar Allan Poe

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

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

- Edgar Allan Poe

To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness.

To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness.

- Edgar Allan Poe

All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.

All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.

- Edgar Allan Poe

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.

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

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