"Never to suffer would never to have been…" — Edgar Allan Poe

"Never to suffer would never to have been blessed."

— Edgar Allan Poe

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323 Quotes by Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe has 323 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The goodness of the true pun is in the direct ratio of its intolerability.
In efforts to soar above our nature, we invariably fall below it.
The writer who neglects punctuation, or mispunctuates, is liable to be misunderstood for the want of merely a comma, it…
... -ev'n with us the breath Of Science dims the mirror of our joy...
A poem in my opinion, is opposed to a work of science by having for its immediate object, pleasure, not…
As the strong man exults in his physical ability, delighting in such exercises as call his muscles into action, so…
Grammar is the analysis of language.
It may well be doubted whether human ingenuity can construct an enigma... which human ingenuity may not, by proper application,…
If any ambitious man have a fancy to revolutionize, at one effort, the universal world of human thought, human opinion,…
It may be roundly asserted that human ingenuity cannot concoct a cipher which human ingenuity cannot resolve.
The analytical power should not be confounded with simple ingenuity; for while the analyst is necessarily ingenious, the ingenious man…
Beauty is the sole legitimate province of the poem.

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More Adversity Quotes

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A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the… — Pietro Aretino
Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity. — Aristotle
Misfortune shows those who are not really friends. — Aristotle
I work best when there is adversity: I seem to get calmer the more the fur is flying. — Andrea Arnold
One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation. — Arthur Ashe
If I were to say, 'God, why me?' about the bad things, then I should have said, 'God, why me?'… — Arthur Ashe
A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can… — Ibrahim Babangida
In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present. — Francis Bacon
Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes. — Francis Bacon
Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New. — Francis Bacon
Good actions are a guard against the blows of adversity. — Abu Bakr
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. — John Quincy Adams

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