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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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.

To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can...

To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can...

We loved with a love that was more than love.

We loved with a love that was more than love.

Stupidity is a talent for misconception.

Stupidity is a talent for misconception.

Filled with mingled cream and amber I will drain that glass again. Such hilarious visions...

Filled with mingled cream and amber I will drain that glass again. Such hilarious visions...

I have, indeed, no abhorrence of danger, except in its absolute effect - in terror.

I have, indeed, no abhorrence of danger, except in its absolute effect - in terror.

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...

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...

The goodness of the true pun is in direct ratio to its intolerability

The goodness of the true pun is in direct ratio to its intolerability

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...

The nose of a mob is its imagination. By this, at any time, it can...

The nose of a mob is its imagination. By this, at any time, it can...

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...

Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.

Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no...

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no...

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...

The true genius shudders at incompleteness - and usually prefers silence to saying something which...

The true genius shudders at incompleteness - and usually prefers silence to saying something which...

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...

It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value

It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value

Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.

Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.

God is the Seed;The Universe is the Tree, Impulses and passions are the branches, Intelligence...

God is the Seed;The Universe is the Tree, Impulses and passions are the branches, Intelligence...