“Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.”
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Famous Edgar Allan Poe Quotes
Source: The Best of Poe
“Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.”
“The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.”
“Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe (Illustrated)
“That man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be, when it suits him, a coward.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe (Illustrated)
“To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness.”
Source: Literary Theory and Criticism
Source: Poetry and Tales
“Beauty is the sole legitimate province of the poem.”
Source: Poems and Essays on Poetry
“Literature is the most noble of professions. In fact, it is about the only one fit for a man.”
Source: The Portable Edgar Allan Poe
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe (Illustrated)
“To observe attentively is to remember distinctly.”
Source: Classics Reimagined, Edgar Allan Poe: Stories & Poems
“Man is an animal that diddles, and there is no animal that diddles but man.”
Source: Edgar Allan Poe's Annotated Short Stories
“How many good books suffer neglect through the inefficiency of their beginnings!”
Source: Essays and Reviews
“A poem deserves its title only inasmuch as it excites, by elevating the soul.”
Source: Essays and Reviews