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

Quote by Edgar Allan Poe

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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...

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...

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...

We loved with a love that was more than love.

We loved with a love that was more than love.

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...

They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream...

They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream...

I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no...

I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no...

I have great faith in fools - my friends call it self-confidence

I have great faith in fools - my friends call it self-confidence

I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no...

I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

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...

There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm

There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm

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...

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...

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...