I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.

Quote by Edgar Allan Poe

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I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.

I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.

There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm.

There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm.

Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will...

Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will...

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

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

Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who...

Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who...

That pleasure which is at once the most pure, the most elevating and the most...

That pleasure which is at once the most pure, the most elevating and the most...

A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this - that offences against Charity...

A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this - that offences against Charity...

Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of...

Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of...

Stupidity is a talent for misconception.

Stupidity is a talent for misconception.

With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.

With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.

It will be found, in fact, that the ingenious are always fanciful, and the truly...

It will be found, in fact, that the ingenious are always fanciful, and the truly...

Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things that escape those who dream...

Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things that escape those who dream...

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

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

The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.

The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary.

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary.

A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this / that offences against Charity...

A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this / that offences against Charity...

It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall...

It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall...

There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute which goes directly...

There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute which goes directly...

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners...

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners...

We all need friends with whom we can speak of our deepest concerns, and who...

We all need friends with whom we can speak of our deepest concerns, and who...

Love is friendship set to music.

Love is friendship set to music.

Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would...

Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would...