Poe is the only impeccable writer. He was never mistaken.

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Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder.

Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder.

God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through.

God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through.

To write regular verses destroys an infinite number of fine possibilities, but at the same...

To write regular verses destroys an infinite number of fine possibilities, but at the same...

Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake,...

Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake,...

Politics is the art of preventing people from sticking their noses in things that are...

Politics is the art of preventing people from sticking their noses in things that are...

We are enriched by our reciprocate differences.

We are enriched by our reciprocate differences.

A businessman is a hybrid of a dancer and a calculator.

A businessman is a hybrid of a dancer and a calculator.

Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake,...

Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake,...

Science means simply the aggregate of all the recipes that are always successful. All the...

Science means simply the aggregate of all the recipes that are always successful. All the...

Serious-minded people have few ideas. People with ideas are never serious.

Serious-minded people have few ideas. People with ideas are never serious.

Serious-minded people have few ideas. People with ideas are never serious.

Serious-minded people have few ideas. People with ideas are never serious.

War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people...

War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people...

A man is infinitely more complicated than his thoughts.

A man is infinitely more complicated than his thoughts.

To write regular verses destroys an infinite number of fine possibilities, but at the same...

To write regular verses destroys an infinite number of fine possibilities, but at the same...

The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a...

The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a...

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.

The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things...

The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things...

That which has always been accepted by everyone, everywhere, is almost certain to be false.

That which has always been accepted by everyone, everywhere, is almost certain to be false.

At times I think and at times I am.

At times I think and at times I am.

A man is a poet if difficulties inherent in his art provide him with ideas;...

A man is a poet if difficulties inherent in his art provide him with ideas;...