Edgar Allan Poe Quotes

In criticism I will be bold, and as sternly, absolutely just with friend and foe. From this purpose nothing shall turn me.
Edgar Allan Poe

Nothing, Friend, Purpose

Stupidity is a talent for misconception.
Edgar Allan Poe

Stupidity, Talent

That man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be, when it suits him, a coward.
Edgar Allan Poe

Him, Brave, Afraid

To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness.
Edgar Allan Poe

Great, Greatness, Himself

A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this - that offences against Charity are about the only ones which men on their death-beds can be made - not to understand - but to feel - as crime.
Edgar Allan Poe

Religion, Men, Strong

It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream.
Edgar Allan Poe

Future, Dream, Means

In one case out of a hundred a point is excessively discussed because it is obscure; in the ninety-nine remaining it is obscure because it is excessively discussed.
Edgar Allan Poe

Point, Obscure, Case

There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm.
Edgar Allan Poe

True, Enthusiasm, Eloquence

There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man.
Edgar Allan Poe

Love, Friendship, Heart

Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who are least able to utter them.
Edgar Allan Poe

Said, Able, Dislike

There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one of the few.
Edgar Allan Poe

Few, Test, Popularity

The generous Critic fann'd the Poet's fire, And taught the world with reason to admire.
Edgar Allan Poe

Fire, Reason, Taught

It will be found, in fact, that the ingenious are always fanciful, and the truly imaginative never otherwise than analytic.
Edgar Allan Poe

Fact, Found, Truly

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

Poetry, Passion, Purpose

I have, indeed, no abhorrence of danger, except in its absolute effect - in terror.
Edgar Allan Poe

Except, Danger, Effect

I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty.
Edgar Allan Poe

Beauty, Poetry, Words

It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial.
Edgar Allan Poe

Nature, Truth, General

The nose of a mob is its imagination. By this, at any time, it can be quietly led.
Edgar Allan Poe

Time, Nose, Mob

The rudiment of verse may, possibly, be found in the spondee.
Edgar Allan Poe

May, Found, Verse

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Poet

Born: January 19, 1809

Died: October 7, 1849

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