All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out...... Quote by "Edgar Allan Poe"

All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.
— Edgar Allan Poe

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Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the larger, portion of truth arises from the seemingly irrelevant.
— Edgar Allan Poe The Mystery of Marie Rogêt

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For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And the stars never rise but i feel the bright eyes Of the beautiful Annabel Lee.
— Edgar Allan Poe Annabel Lee

Tags: poetry, love

With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.
— Edgar Allan Poe

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The death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world.
— Edgar Allan Poe

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There is no exquisite beauty… without some strangeness in the proportion.
— Edgar Allan Poe

Tags: imperfections, beauty