More Quotes by Edgar Allan Poe
They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night
All suffering originates from craving, from attachment, from desire.
To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness.
Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.
The scariest monsters are the ones that lurk within our souls.
The eye, like a shattered mirror, multiplies the images of sorrow
If a poem hasn't ripped apart your soul; you haven't experienced poetry.
I have absolutely no pleasure in the stimulants in which I sometimes so madly indulge. It has not been in the pursuit of pleasure that I have periled life and reputation and reason. It has been the desperate attempt to escape from torturing memories, from a sense of insupportable loneliness and a dread of some strange impending doom.
All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.
I have great faith in fools,— self-confidence my friends will call it.
