Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. I hope these Edgar Allan Poe Quotes will inspire your soul for greatness.
Invisible things are the only realities.
– Edgar Allan Poe Quotes
Edgar Allan Poe Quotes
1. “The true genius shudders at incompleteness — imperfection — and usually prefers silence to saying the something which is not everything that should be said.” – Edgar Allan Poe
2. “All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.” – Edgar Allan Poe
3. “All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.” – Edgar Allan Poe
4. “Stupidity is a talent for misconception.” – Edgar Allan Poe
5. “Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the larger portion of the truth arises from the seemingly irrelevant.” – Edgar Allan Poe
6. “To observe attentively is to remember distinctly.” – Edgar Allan Poe
7. “The customs of the world are so many conventional follies.” – Edgar Allan Poe
8. “Literature is the most noble of professions. In fact, it is about the only one fit for a man. For my own part, there is no seducing me from the path.” – Edgar Allan Poe
9. “They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.” – Edgar Allan Poe
10. “If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.” – Edgar Allan Poe
11. “Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.” – Edgar Allan Poe
12. “To die laughing must be the most glorious of all glorious deaths!” – Edgar Allan Poe
13. “The best things in life make you sweaty.” – Edgar Allan Poe
14. “Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.” – Edgar Allan Poe
15. “The memory of a past happiness is the anguish of today.” – Edgar Allan Poe
16. “Happiness is not to be found in knowledge, but in the acquisition of knowledge.” – Edgar Allan Poe
17. “He who pleases is of more importance to his fellow man than he who instructs.” – Edgar Allan Poe
18. “All suffering originates from craving, from attachment, from desire.” – Edgar Allan Poe
19. “Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.” – Edgar Allan Poe
20. “Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see.” – Edgar Allan Poe
21. “To elevate the soul, poetry is necessary.” – Edgar Allan Poe
22. “Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.” – Edgar Allan Poe
23. “The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?” – Edgar Allan Poe
24. “Every poem should remind the reader that they are going to die.” – Edgar Allan Poe
25. “Mysteries force a man to think, and so injure his health.” – Edgar Allan Poe
26. “Art is to look at not to criticize.” – Edgar Allan Poe
27. “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
28. “Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.” – Edgar Allan Poe
29. “Even in the grave, all is not lost.” – Edgar Allan Poe
30. “There are some secrets which do not permit themselves to be told.” – Edgar Allan Poe
31. “Never to suffer would never to have been blessed.” – Edgar Allan Poe
32. “There are chords in the hearts of the most reckless which cannot be touched without emotion.” – Edgar Allan Poe
33. “The scariest monsters are the ones that lurk within our souls.” – Edgar Allan Poe
34. “If a man deceives me once, shame on him; if he deceives me twice, shame on me.” – Edgar Allan Poe
35. “Those who gossip with you will gossip about you.” – Edgar Allan Poe
36. “The believer is happy. The doubter is wise.” – Edgar Allan Poe
37. “The most natural, and, consequently, the truest and most intense of the human affections are those which arise in the heart as if by electric sympathy.” – Edgar Allan Poe
38. “It is a happiness to wonder; it is a happiness to dream.” – Edgar Allan Poe
39. “The world is a great ocean, upon which we encounter more tempestuous storms than calms.” – Edgar Allan Poe
40. “We should bear in mind that, in general, it is the object of our newspapers rather to create a sensation – to make a point – than to further the cause of truth.” – Edgar Allan Poe
