It will be found, in fact, that the ingenious are always fanciful, and the truly imaginative never otherwise than analytic.

Quote by Edgar Allan Poe

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The generous Critic fann'd the Poet's fire, And taught the world with reason to admire.

The generous Critic fann'd the Poet's fire, And taught the world with reason to admire.

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 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

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...

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.

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...

As a poet and as a mathematician, he would reason well; as a mere mathematician,...

As a poet and as a mathematician, he would reason well; as a mere mathematician,...

Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the...

Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the...

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...

There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of...

There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of...

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...

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

From childhood's hour I have not been As others were--I have not seen As others...

From childhood's hour I have not been As others were--I have not seen As others...

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.

I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.

I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.

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...

Friendship consists in forgetting what one gives, and remembering what one receives.

Friendship consists in forgetting what one gives, and remembering what one receives.

What I cannot love, I overlook. Is that real friendship?

What I cannot love, I overlook. Is that real friendship?

Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism.

Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism.

Loving an old bachelor is always a no-win situation, and you come to terms with...

Loving an old bachelor is always a no-win situation, and you come to terms with...

Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at...

Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at...