All Edgar Allan Poe Quotes
- By the grey woods, by the swamp, where the toad and newt encamp, by the dismal tarns and pools, where dwell the Gouls. By each… Aghast
- It was night, and the rain fell; and falling, it was rain, but, having fallen, it was blood. Blood
- If a man deceives me once, shame on him; if he deceives me twice, shame on me. Catchy
- A wise man hears one word and understands two. Catchy
- A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on. Boots
- False hope is nicer than no hope at all. All
- The believer is happy. The doubter is wise. Believer
- Those who gossip with you will gossip about you. Catchy
- Few persons can be made to believe that it is not quite an easy thing to invent a method of secret writing that shall baffle… Asserted
- Indeed, there is an eloquence in true enthusiasm that is not to be doubted. Doubted
- Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. Dared
- I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity. Became
- Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things that escape those who dream only at night. Cognizant
- We loved with a love that was more than love. Best Love
- All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry. All
- All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream. All
- Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality. Exquisite
- 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… Active
- Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears. Beauty
- 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? Begins
- If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered. Forget
- I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it. Call
- I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat. Animal
- The true genius shudders at incompleteness - and usually prefers silence to saying something which is not everything it should be. Communication
- Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence. Intelligence