The generous Critic fann’d the Poet’s fire, And taught the world with reason to admire. Edgar Allan Poe Read Quote
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active – not more happy – nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago. Edgar Allan Poe Read Quote
Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears. Edgar Allan Poe Read Quote
I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty. Edgar Allan Poe Read Quote
Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality. Edgar Allan Poe Read Quote
They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. Edgar Allan Poe Read Quote