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It is a happiness to wonder; - it is a happiness to dream.
Perversity is the human thirst for self-torture.
There are chords in the hearts of the most reckless which cannot be touched without emotion.
The Masque of the Red Death
To elevate the soul, poetry is necessary.
I do not suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it.
With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.
Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.
All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.
If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.
There is no exquisite beauty� without some strangeness in the proportion.
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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