In one case out of a hundred a point is excessively discussed because it is obscure — Edgar Allan Poe
Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence. — Edgar Allan Poe
Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who are least able to utter them. — Edgar Allan Poe
The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world. — Edgar Allan Poe
There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly — Edgar Allan Poe
There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit — Edgar Allan Poe
The generous critic fann’d the poet’s fire, and taught the world with reason to admire. — Edgar Allan Poe
Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality. — Edgar Allan Poe
Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term art, I should call it ‘the reproduction of what — Edgar Allan Poe
They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. — Edgar Allan Poe
