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Edgar Allan Poe Quotes

There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one of the few Picture Quote #1

He is, as you say, a remarkable horse, a prodigious horse, although as you very justly observe, a suspicious and untractable character Picture Quote #1

Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it ‘the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul.’ The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of ‘Artist.’ Picture Quote #1

Thank Heaven! The crisis /The danger is past, and the lingering illness, is over at last /, and the fever called ‘’Living’’ is conquered at last Picture Quote #1

Villains!’ I shrieked. ‘Dissemble no more! I admit the deed! Tear up the planks! Here, here! It is the beating of his hideous heart! Picture Quote #1

In [chess], where the pieces have different and bizarre motions, with various and variable values, what is only complex, is mistaken (a not unusual error) for what is profound Picture Quote #1

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In beauty of face no maiden ever equaled her. It was the radiance of an opium-dream - an airy and spirit-lifting vision more wildly divine than the fantasies which hovered about the slumbering souls of the daughters of Delos Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Every moment of the night Forever changing places And they put out the star-light With the breath from their pale faces Picture Quote #1

The rain came down upon my head - Unshelter’d. And the wind rendered me mad and deaf and blind Picture Quote #1

True! - nervous - very, very nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? Picture Quote #1

Yes I now feel that it was then on that evening of sweet dreams- that the very first dawn of human love burst upon the icy night of my spirit. Since that period I have never seen nor heard your name without a shiver half of delight half of anxiety Picture Quote #1

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A million candles have burned themselves out. Still I read on. (Montresor) Picture Quote #1

But evil things, in robes of sorrow, Assailed the monarch’s high estate; (Ah, let us mourn, for never morrow Shall dawn upon him desolate!) And round about his home the glory That blushed and bloomed, Is but a dim-remembered story Of the old time entombed Picture Quote #1

In death - no! even in the grave all is not lost. Else there is no immortality for man. Arousing from the most profound slumbers, we break the gossamer web of some dream. Yet in a second afterward, (so frail may that web have been) we remember not that we have dreamed Picture Quote #1

The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of Artist Picture Quote #1

Hear the mellow wedding bells, Golden bells! What a world of happiness their harmony foretells Through the balmy air of night How they ring out their delight! From the molten golden notes, And all in tune What a liquid ditty floats To the turtle-dove that listens while she gloats On the moon! Picture Quote #1

The Romans worshipped their standard; and the Roman standard happened to be an eagle. Our standard is only one tenth of an eagle,--a dollar, but we make all even by adoring it with tenfold devotion Picture Quote #1

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Man’s real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so Picture Quote #1

If any ambitious man have a fancy to revolutionize, at one effort, the universal world of human thought, human opinion, and human sentiment Picture Quote #1

The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world Picture Quote #1

Always keep a big bottle of booze at your side. If a bird starts talking nonsense to you in the middle of the night pour yourself a stiff drink Picture Quote #1

In visions of the dark night I have dreamed of joy departed-- But a waking dream of life and light Hath left me broken-hearted Picture Quote #1

The most ‘popular,’ the most ‘successful’ writers among us (for a brief period, at least) are, 99 times out of a hundred, persons of mere effrontery-in a word, busy-bodies, toadies, quacks Picture Quote #1

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They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night Picture Quote #1

A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this - that offences against Charity are about the only ones which men on their death-beds can be made - not to understand - but to feel - as crime Picture Quote #1

There are some qualities, some incorporate things, that have a double life, which thus is made. A type os twin entity which springs from matter and light, envinced in solid and shade Picture Quote #1

Read this and thought of you: Through joy and through sorrow, I wrote. Through hunger and through thirst, I wrote. Through good report and through ill report, I wrote. Through sunshine and through moonshine, I wrote. What I wrote it is unnecessary to say. ~ Edgar Allen Poe Picture Quote #1

Filled with mingled cream and amber I will drain that glass again. Such hilarious visions clamber Through the chambers of my brain -- Quaintest thoughts -- queerest fancies Come to life and fade away; Who cares how time advances? I am drinking ale today Picture Quote #1

A fool, for example, thinks Shakespeare a great poet . . . yet the fool has never read Shakespeare Picture Quote #1

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There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one of the few (Edgar Allan Poe Quotes) He is, as you say, a remarkable horse, a prodigious horse, although as you very justly observe, a suspicious and untractable character (Edgar Allan Poe Quotes) Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it ‘the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul.’ The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of ‘Artist.’ (Edgar Allan Poe Quotes) Thank Heaven! The crisis /The danger is past, and the lingering illness, is over at last /, and the fever called ‘’Living’’ is conquered at last (Edgar Allan Poe Quotes) Villains!’ I shrieked. ‘Dissemble no more! I admit the deed! Tear up the planks! Here, here! It is the beating of his hideous heart! (Edgar Allan Poe Quotes) In [chess], where the pieces have different and bizarre motions, with various and variable values, what is only complex, is mistaken (a not unusual error) for what is profound (Edgar Allan Poe Quotes) In beauty of face no maiden ever equaled her. It was the radiance of an opium-dream - an airy and spirit-lifting vision more wildly divine than the fantasies which hovered about the slumbering souls of the daughters of Delos (Edgar Allan Poe Quotes) 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 Quotes) Every moment of the night Forever changing places And they put out the star-light With the breath from their pale faces (Edgar Allan Poe Quotes) The rain came down upon my head - Unshelter’d. And the wind rendered me mad and deaf and blind (Edgar Allan Poe Quotes) True! - nervous - very, very nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? (Edgar Allan Poe Quotes) Yes I now feel that it was then on that evening of sweet dreams- that the very first dawn of human love burst upon the icy night of my spirit. Since that period I have never seen nor heard your name without a shiver half of delight half of anxiety (Edgar Allan Poe Quotes) A million candles have burned themselves out. Still I read on. (Montresor) (Edgar Allan Poe Quotes) But evil things, in robes of sorrow, Assailed the monarch’s high estate; (Ah, let us mourn, for never morrow Shall dawn upon him desolate!) And round about his home the glory That blushed and bloomed, Is but a dim-remembered story Of the old time entombed (Edgar Allan Poe Quotes) In death - no! even in the grave all is not lost. Else there is no immortality for man. Arousing from the most profound slumbers, we break the gossamer web of some dream. Yet in a second afterward, (so frail may that web have been) we remember not that we have dreamed (Edgar Allan Poe Quotes) The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of Artist (Edgar Allan Poe Quotes) Hear the mellow wedding bells, Golden bells! What a world of happiness their harmony foretells Through the balmy air of night How they ring out their delight! From the molten golden notes, And all in tune What a liquid ditty floats To the turtle-dove that listens while she gloats On the moon! (Edgar Allan Poe Quotes) The Romans worshipped their standard; and the Roman standard happened to be an eagle. Our standard is only one tenth of an eagle,--a dollar, but we make all even by adoring it with tenfold devotion (Edgar Allan Poe Quotes) Man’s real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so (Edgar Allan Poe Quotes) If any ambitious man have a fancy to revolutionize, at one effort, the universal world of human thought, human opinion, and human sentiment... (Edgar Allan Poe Quotes) The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world (Edgar Allan Poe Quotes) Always keep a big bottle of booze at your side. If a bird starts talking nonsense to you in the middle of the night pour yourself a stiff drink. (Edgar Allan Poe Quotes) In visions of the dark night I have dreamed of joy departed-- But a waking dream of life and light Hath left me broken-hearted. (Edgar Allan Poe Quotes) The most ‘popular,’ the most ‘successful’ writers among us (for a brief period, at least) are, 99 times out of a hundred, persons of mere effrontery-in a word, busy-bodies, toadies, quacks. (Edgar Allan Poe Quotes) They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night (Edgar Allan Poe Quotes) A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this - that offences against Charity are about the only ones which men on their death-beds can be made - not to understand - but to feel - as crime. (Edgar Allan Poe Quotes) There are some qualities, some incorporate things, that have a double life, which thus is made. A type os twin entity which springs from matter and light, envinced in solid and shade. (Edgar Allan Poe Quotes) Read this and thought of you: Through joy and through sorrow, I wrote. Through hunger and through thirst, I wrote. Through good report and through ill report, I wrote. Through sunshine and through moonshine, I wrote. What I wrote it is unnecessary to say. ~ Edgar Allen Poe (Edgar Allan Poe Quotes) Filled with mingled cream and amber I will drain that glass again. Such hilarious visions clamber Through the chambers of my brain -- Quaintest thoughts -- queerest fancies Come to life and fade away; Who cares how time advances? I am drinking ale today (Edgar Allan Poe Quotes) A fool, for example, thinks Shakespeare a great poet . . . yet the fool has never read Shakespeare (Edgar Allan Poe Quotes)

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