I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effec Edgar Allan Poe Quotes
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I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise than he was 6000 years ago.

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We loved with a love that was more than love.

We loved with a love that was more than love.

If you wish to forget anything on the spot make a note that this thing is to be remembered.

If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.

I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.

I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.

All religion my friend is simply evolved out of fraud fear greed imagination and poetry.

All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination and poetry.

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