Quotes of: Edgar-allan-poe Keyword

... sterile, splendid torture of understanding and loving...

Swann's Way

We must not only obtain Wisdom: we must enjoy her.

Selected Works

The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else.

Travels in Hyperreality

Every life is different because you passed this way and touched history.

The Poisonwood Bible

Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

If youth were not ignorant and timid, civilization would be impossible.

Père Goriot

That which is in locomotion must arrive at the half-way stage before it arrives at the goal.

Physics

It is of the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it.

Politics

These men are worth your tears. You are not worth their merriment.

The Poems Of Wilfred Owen

The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

The Prince

Aiden was gone. Like Caleb, but in a different way. I'd lost both of them.

Pure

Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.

Prejudices: Third Series

Love much. Earth has enough of bitter in it.

Poems by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.

A Treatise of Human Nature

But I don't want to just believe it, I want it to be true.

The Time Traveler's Wife

Women are still cats and birds. Or at the best, cows.

Thus Spoke Zarathustra

With genius, as with beauty -- all, well almost all, is forgiven.

The Volcano Lover: A Romance

Lying is done with words, and also with silence.

Women and Honor: Some Notes on Lying

Only in our dreams are we free. The rest of the time we need wages.

Wyrd Sisters

Journalism, look you, is the religion of modern society.

The Wild Ass's Skin

The heart of the jealous knows the best and most satisfying love, that of the other's bed, where the rival perfects the lover's imperfections.

Djuna Barnes