Edgar Allan Poe, a master of mystery and the macabre, is a seminal figure in literature. His haunting tales and poetic prowess have enthralled readers since the 19th century.
Poe’s exploration of the human psyche and his ability to create atmospheric suspense have significantly influenced modern storytelling.
His works continue to provoke thought and ignite imagination, making him an enduring force in literature that resonates in our lives today.
1. “We loved with a love that was more than love.” – Edgar Allan Poe
2. “It will be found, in fact, that the ingenious are always fanciful, and the truly imaginative never otherwise than analytic.” – Edgar Allan Poe
3. “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
4. “We loved with a love that was more than love.” – Edgar Allan Poe
5. “It will be found, in fact, that the ingenious are always fanciful, and the truly imaginative never otherwise than analytic.” – Edgar Allan Poe
6. “There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man.” – Edgar Allan Poe
7. “The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.” – Edgar Allan Poe
8. “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
9. “Man’s real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so.” – Edgar Allan Poe
10. “Lord, help my poor soul.” – Edgar Allan Poe
11. “All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.” – Edgar Allan Poe
12. “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary.” – Edgar Allan Poe
13. “The true genius shudders at incompleteness – and usually prefers silence to saying something which is not everything it should be.” – Edgar Allan Poe
14. “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary.” – Edgar Allan Poe
15. “In one case out of a hundred a point is excessively discussed because it is obscure; in the ninety-nine remaining it is obscure because it is excessively discussed.” – Edgar Allan Poe
16. “There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man.” – Edgar Allan Poe
17. “Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who are least able to utter them.” – Edgar Allan Poe
18. “That man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be, when it suits him, a coward.” – Edgar Allan Poe
19. “That man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be, when it suits him, a coward.” – Edgar Allan Poe
20. “Man’s real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so.” – Edgar Allan Poe
21. “It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial.” – Edgar Allan Poe
22. “The rudiment of verse may, possibly, be found in the spondee.” – Edgar Allan Poe
23. “Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the larger portion of the truth arises from the seemingly irrelevant.” – Edgar Allan Poe
24. “Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.” – Edgar Allan Poe
25. “To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness.” – Edgar Allan Poe
26. “Stupidity is a talent for misconception.” – Edgar Allan Poe
27. “With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.” – Edgar Allan Poe
28. “I have, indeed, no abhorrence of danger, except in its absolute effect – in terror.” – Edgar Allan Poe
29. “The true genius shudders at incompleteness – and usually prefers silence to saying something which is not everything it should be.” – Edgar Allan Poe
30. “There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man.” – Edgar Allan Poe
31. “We loved with a love that was more than love.” – Edgar Allan Poe
32. “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
33. “They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.” – Edgar Allan Poe
34. “The generous Critic fann’d the Poet’s fire, And taught the world with reason to admire.” – Edgar Allan Poe
35. “Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.” – Edgar Allan Poe
36. “Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.” – Edgar Allan Poe
37. “I need scarcely observe that a poem deserves its title only inasmuch as it excites, by elevating the soul. The value of the poem is in the ratio of this elevating excitement.” – Edgar Allan Poe
38. “It will be found, in fact, that the ingenious are always fanciful, and the truly imaginative never otherwise than analytic.” – Edgar Allan Poe
39. “The rudiment of verse may, possibly, be found in the spondee.” – Edgar Allan Poe
40. “With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.” – Edgar Allan Poe
41. “I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty.” – Edgar Allan Poe
42. “All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.” – Edgar Allan Poe
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