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    Edgar Allan Poe
    “Never to suffer would never to have been blessed.”
    ― Edgar Allan Poe
    tags: adversity, contrast
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    Edgar Allan Poe
    “I felt that I breathed an atmosphere of sorrow.”
    ― Edgar Allan Poe
    tags: melancholy
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    Edgar Allan Poe
    “I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.”
    ― Edgar Allan Poe
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    Edgar Allan Poe
    “With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.”
    ― Edgar Allan Poe
    tags: poetry
    774 likes

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    Edgar Allan Poe
    “To elevate the soul, poetry is necessary.”
    ― Edgar Allan Poe
    tags: misquote, poetry
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    Edgar Allan Poe
    “I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.”
    ― Edgar Allan Poe
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    Edgar Allan Poe
    “There are some secrets which do not permit themselves to be told.”
    ― Edgar Allan Poe
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    Edgar Allan Poe
    “Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see.”
    ― Edgar Allan Poe
    tags: comedy, horror, misattributed-ben-franklin
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    Edgar Allan Poe
    “Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.”
    ― Edgar Allan Poe
    tags: poetry
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    Edgar Allan Poe
    “Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.”
    ― Edgar Allan Poe
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    Edgar Allan Poe
    “Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.”
    ― Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven
    tags: the-raven
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    Edgar Allan Poe
    “There are chords in the hearts of the most reckless which cannot be touched without emotion.”
    ― Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death
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    Edgar Allan Poe
    “All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.”
    ― Edgar Allan Poe
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    Thucydides
    “a collision at sea will ruin your entire day”
    ― thucydides
    tags: attributed-no-source, misattributed-to-thucydides
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    Thucydides
    “Ignorance is bold, and knowledge is reserved”
    ― Thucydides
    tags: humor
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    Thucydides
    “Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear.”
    ― Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
    tags: book-1, chapter-20
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    Thucydides
    “For the whole earth is the tomb of famous men; not only are they commemorated by columns and inscriptions in their own country, but in foreign lands there dwells also an unwritten memorial of them, graven not on stone but in the hearts of men. Make them your examples, and, esteeming courage to be freedom and freedom to be happiness, do not weigh too nicely the perils of war."

    [Funeral Oration of Pericles]”
    ― Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
    tags: bravery, courage, fame, freedom, irony, pericles, sarcasm, war
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    Thucydides
    “Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage.”
    ― Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
    tags: courage, discipline, self-control, self-respect
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    Thucydides
    “Think, too, of the great part that is played by the unpredictable in war: think of it now, before you are actually comitted to war. The longer a war lasts, the more things tend to depend on accidents. Neither you nor we can see into them: we have to abide their outcome in the dark. And when people are entering upon a war they do things the wrong way round. Action comes first, and it is only when they have already suffered that they begin to think.”
    ― Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War
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    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    “A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
    ― Marcus Tullius Cicero
    tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul
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    Margaret Mitchell
    “I can't think about that right now. If I do, I'll go crazy. I'll think about that tomorrow.”
    ― Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind
    tags: procrastination
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    Charles William Eliot
    “Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.”
    ― Charles W. Eliot
    tags: books, friends, reading, teachers
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    Niccolò Machiavelli
    “Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are.”
    ― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
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    Niccolò Machiavelli
    “If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.”
    ― Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince
    tags: political-philosophy
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    Niccolò Machiavelli
    “Men are driven by two principal impulses, either by love or by fear.”
    ― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Discourses
    tags: driving-forces, hate, impulses, love, men
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    Carol Tavris
    “History is written by the victors, but it's victims who write the memoirs.”
    ― Carol Tavris, Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts
    tags: memoirs
    198 likes

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    Dietrich Bonhoeffer
    “Jesus himself did not try to convert the two thieves on the cross; he waited until one of them turned to him.”
    ― Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Letters and Papers from Prison
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    Elizabeth George
    “When you delight yourself in the Lord, His Word and His ways become the focus and foundation of your life.”
    ― Elizabeth George, Loving God with All Your Mind
    tags: become, believe, best, christian, delight, faith, foundation, god, life, lord, ways, word
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    Elizabeth George
    “Everything that God wants to say to you is recorded in your Bible…straight from His heart to yours.”
    ― Elizabeth George, Life Management for Busy Women: Living Out God's Plan with Passion and Purpose
    tags: believe, bible, christian, everything, faith, god, heart, love, record
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    William Wordsworth
    “Come forth into the light of things, Let Nature be your teacher.”
    ― William Wordsworth
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