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Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality. ↗

— Edgar Allan Poe

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Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears. ↗

— Edgar Allan Poe

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The ninety and nine are with dreams, content but the hope of the world made new, is the hundredth man who is grimly bent on making those dreams come true. ↗

— Edgar Allan Poe

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Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words. ↗

— Edgar Allan Poe

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A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this - that offences against Charity are about the only ones which men on their death-beds can be made - not to understand - but to feel - as crime. ↗

— Edgar Allan Poe

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Stupidity is a talent for misconception. ↗

— Edgar Allan Poe

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There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man. ↗

— Edgar Allan Poe

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In one case out of a hundred a point is excessively discussed because it is obscure; in the ninety-nine remaining it is obscure because it is excessively discussed. ↗

— Edgar Allan Poe

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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. ↗

— Edgar Allan Poe

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I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty. ↗

— Edgar Allan Poe

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