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The believer is happy. The doubter is wise.

The believer is happy. The doubter is wise.

Edgar Allan Poe
Wise, Doubters, Catchy

The scariest monsters are the ones that lurk within our souls.

Edgar Allan Poe
Soul, Monsters

Believe only half of what you see and nothing that you hear.

Edgar Allan Poe
Truth, Halloween, Believe

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

Edgar Allan Poe
Inspirational, Life, Clever
Edgar Allan Poe (1980). “The Unknown Poe: An Anthology of Fugitive Writings”, p.8, City Lights Books

There is no beauty without some strangeness

Edgar Allan Poe
Strangeness

All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.

Edgar Allan Poe
Inspirational, Life, Dream
"A DreamWithin a Dream" l. 10 (1849)

Those who gossip with you will gossip about you.

Edgar Allan Poe
Gossip, Catchy

Years of love have been forgot, In the hatred of a minute.

Edgar Allan Poe
Love, Life, Marriage
Edgar Allan Poe, Thomas Ollive Mabbott (1969). “Complete Poems”, p.137, University of Illinois Press

I remained too much inside my head and ended up losing my mind.

Edgar Allan Poe
Mind, Losing, Losing My Mind

Happiness is not to be found in knowledge, but in the acquisition of knowledge

Edgar Allan Poe
Acquisition, Found

A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on.

Edgar Allan Poe
Lying, Boots, World

All suffering originates from craving, from attachment, from desire.

Edgar Allan Poe
Attachment, Suffering, Desire

The best things in life make you sweaty.

Edgar Allan Poe
Life, Philosophical, Purpose

Never to suffer would have been never to have been blessed.

Edgar Allan Poe
Spiritual, Blessed, Adversity
"Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales & Poems".

If a poem hasn't ripped apart your soul; you haven't experienced poetry.

Edgar Allan Poe
Soul, Torn Apart, Havens

A wise man hears one word and understands two.

Edgar Allan Poe
Wise, Men, Two

If a man deceives me once, shame on him; if he deceives me twice, shame on me.

Edgar Allan Poe
Men, Catchy, Shame

Me volví loco, con largos intervalos de horrible cordura.

Edgar Allan Poe
Horrible

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

Edgar Allan Poe
Love, Inspirational, Life
"The Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe".

The past is a pebble in my shoe.

Edgar Allan Poe
Past, Shoes, Legacy

I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched.

Edgar Allan Poe
Heart, Insane, Mental Health
Edgar Allan Poe (2016). “The Murders in the Rue Morgue”, p.118, Atlantic Books Ltd

I have absolutely no pleasure in the stimulants in which I sometimes so madly indulge. It has not been in the pursuit of pleasure that I have periled life and reputation and reason. It has been the desperate attempt to escape from torturing memories, from a sense of insupportable loneliness and a dread of some strange impending doom.

Edgar Allan Poe
Funny, Pain, Memories
Edgar Allan Poe, Simon Marsden (1988). “Visions of Poe: a personal selection of Edgar Allan Poe's stories and poems”, Michael Joseph

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.

Edgar Allan Poe
Love, Dream, Art
"The Raven" l. 25 (1845)

Reality is the #1 cause of insanity among those who are in contact with it

Edgar Allan Poe
Reality, Insanity, Causes

I have great faith in fools,— self-confidence my friends will call it.

Edgar Allan Poe
Life, Friendship, Confidence
"The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe".

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