Not in knowledge is happiness, but in the acquisition of knowledge. Edgar Allan Poe View this quote
Perversity is the human thirst for self-torture. Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe
Quoth the raven, ‘Nevermore!’ Edgar Allan Poe
Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence. Edgar Allan Poe
Sleep, those little slices of death – how I loathe them. Edgar Allan Poe
That man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be, when it suits him, a coward. Edgar Allan Poe
The customs of the world are so many conventional follies. Edgar Allan Poe
The depth lies in the valleys where we seek her, and not upon the mountain-tops where she is found. Edgar Allan Poe
The eye, like a shattered mirror, multiplies the images of sorrow. Edgar Allan Poe
The goodness of the true pun is in the direct ratio of its intolerability. Edgar Allan Poe
The idea of God, infinity, or spirit stands for the possible attempt at an impossible conception. Edgar Allan Poe
American author, poet, editor and literary critic
January 19th, 1809 - October 7th, 1849
