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Edgar Allan Poe Quotes

«The goodness of the true pun is in direct ratio to its intolerability»
«It may well be doubted whether human ingenuity can construct an enigma... which human ingenuity may not, by proper application, resolve.»
«Men of genius are far more abundant than is supposed. In fact, to appreciate thoroughly the work of what we call genius, is to possess all the genius by which the work was produced.»
«If any ambitious man have a fancy to revolutionize, at one effort, the universal world of human thought, human opinion, and human sentiment, the opportunity is his own -- the road to immortal renown lies straight, open, and unencumbered before him. All that he has to do is to write and publish a very little book. Its title should be simple -- a few plain words -- ''My Heart Laid Bare.'' But -- this little book must be true to its title.»
«There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one of the few.»
«Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.»
«Believe me, there exists no such dilemma as that in which a gentleman is placed when he is forced to reply to a blackguard.»
«A gentleman with a pug nose is a contradiction in terms.»
«As a poet and as a mathematician, he would reason well; as a mere mathematician, he could not have reasoned at all, and thus would have been at the mercy of the Prefect»
Author: Edgar Allan Poe (Critic, Editor, Poet, Writer) | About: Poets, Reason | Keywords: mercy, prefect, reasoned
«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 these more important undertakings where mind struggles with mind.»

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