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May Quotes by Edgar Allan Poe
- It may well be doubted whether human ingenuity can construct an enigma... which human ingenuity may not, by proper application, resolve.
- It may be roundly asserted that human ingenuity cannot concoct a cipher which human ingenuity cannot resolve.
- We now demand the light artillery of the intellect; we need the curt, the condensed, the pointed, the readily diffused - in place of the…
- I must perish in this deplorable folly. Thus, thus, and not otherwise, shall I be lost. I dread the events of the future, not in…
- The word "Verse" is used here as the term most convenient for expressing, and without pedantry, all that is involved in the consideration of rhythm,…
- 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…
- The rudiment of verse may, possibly, be found in the spondee.
- The best chess-player in Christendom may be little more than the best player of chess; but proficiency in whist implies capacity for success in all…
- In other words, I believed, and still do believe, that truth, is frequently of its own essence, superficial, and that, in many cases, the depth…
- In death - no! even in the grave all is not lost. Else there is no immortality for man. Arousing from the most profound slumbers,…
More May Quotes
- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the… — Hannah Arendt
- With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of… — Pietro Aretino
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way. — Aristotle
- We make war that we may live in peace. — Aristotle
- Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind… — Aristotle
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked; for if there… — Aristotle
- Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside… — Lance Armstrong