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Philosophers have often held dispute As to the seat of thought in man and brute For that the power of thought attends the latter My friend, thy beau, hath made a settled matter, And spite of dogmas current in all ages, One settled fact is better than ten sages. (O,Tempora! O,Mores!)
β€” Edgar Allan Poe The Complete Stories and Poems
Tags: wisdom, philosophy

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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.
β€” Edgar Allan Poe The Mystery of Marie RogΓͺt
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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.
β€” Edgar Allan Poe Annabel Lee
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With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.
β€” Edgar Allan Poe
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The death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world.
β€” Edgar Allan Poe
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All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.
β€” Edgar Allan Poe
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