"That the play is the tragedy, “Man,” And……" — Edgar Allan Poe
"That the play is the tragedy, “Man,” And its hero, the Conqueror Worm."
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Edgar Allan Poe
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323 Quotes by Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe has 323 quotes on this site.
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The goodness of the true pun is in the direct ratio of its intolerability.
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In efforts to soar above our nature, we invariably fall below it.
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The writer who neglects punctuation, or mispunctuates, is liable to be misunderstood for the want of merely a comma, it…
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... -ev'n with us the breath Of Science dims the mirror of our joy...
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A poem in my opinion, is opposed to a work of science by having for its immediate object, pleasure, not…
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As the strong man exults in his physical ability, delighting in such exercises as call his muscles into action, so…
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Grammar is the analysis of language.
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It may well be doubted whether human ingenuity can construct an enigma... which human ingenuity may not, by proper application,…
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If any ambitious man have a fancy to revolutionize, at one effort, the universal world of human thought, human opinion,…
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It may be roundly asserted that human ingenuity cannot concoct a cipher which human ingenuity cannot resolve.
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The analytical power should not be confounded with simple ingenuity; for while the analyst is necessarily ingenious, the ingenious man…
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Beauty is the sole legitimate province of the poem.
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More Conqueror Quotes
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one of 159 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Religion is the organization of spirituality into something that became the hand maiden of conquerors. Nearly all religions were brought…
— John Henrik Clarke
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It is unfortunate that so much of the history of Africa has been written by conquerors, foreigners, missionaries and adventurers.…
— John Henrik Clarke
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The best soldiers are not warlike; the best fighters do not lose their temper. The greatest conquerors are those who…
— Laozi
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When it comes to physicians there is a common thread that is a major barrier to solving our concerns. We…
— Brian Day
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War...is harmful, not only to the conquered but to the conqueror.
— Ludwig von Mises
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Captive Greece took captive her savage conqueror.
— Horace
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Many men nourish a pride which urges them to conceal their struggles and show themselves only as conquerors.
— Honore de Balzac
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Your responsibility as a parent is not as great as you might imagine. You need not supply the world with…
— Fran Lebowitz
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PATRIOT, n. One to whom the interests of a part seem superior to those of the whole. The dupe of…
— Ambrose Bierce
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Gold is the key, whatever else we try; and that sweet metal aids the conqueror in every case, in love…
— Moliere
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In imperialism nothing fails like success. If the conqueror oppresses his subjects, they will become fanatical patriots, and sooner or…
— William Ralph Inge
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Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all,…
— Jean Rostand
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