Few persons can be made to believe that it is not quite an easy thing to invent a method of secret writing that shall baffle investigation. Yet it may be roundly asserted that human ingenuity cannot concoct a cipher which human ingenuity cannot resolve.

Edgar Allan Poe

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The scariest monsters are the ones that lurk within our souls. by Edgar Allan Poe

The scariest monsters are the ones that lurk within our souls.

Edgar Allan Poe

soul monsters

Believe only half of what you see and nothing that you hear. by Edgar Allan Poe

Believe only half of what you see and nothing that you hear.

Edgar Allan Poe

halloween truth believe

There is no beauty without some strangeness by Edgar Allan Poe

There is no beauty without some strangeness

Edgar Allan Poe

strangeness

I have absolutely no pleasure in the stimulants in which I sometimes so madly indulge. It has not been in the pursuit of pleasure that I have periled life and reputation and reason. It has been the desperate attempt to escape from torturing memories, from a sense of insupportable loneliness and a dread of some strange impending doom.

Edgar Allan Poe

pain memories funny

The believer is happy. The doubter is wise. by Edgar Allan Poe

The believer is happy. The doubter is wise.

Edgar Allan Poe

catchy doubters wise

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity. by Edgar Allan Poe

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

Edgar Allan Poe

clever inspirational life

And all I loved, I loved alone. by Edgar Allan Poe

And all I loved, I loved alone.

Edgar Allan Poe

Years of love have been forgot, In the hatred of a minute. by Edgar Allan Poe

Years of love have been forgot, In the hatred of a minute.

Edgar Allan Poe

marriage love life

Those who gossip with you will gossip about you. by Edgar Allan Poe

Those who gossip with you will gossip about you.

Edgar Allan Poe

catchy gossip

A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on... by Edgar Allan Poe

A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on.

Edgar Allan Poe

boots lying world

All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream. by Edgar Allan Poe

All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.

Edgar Allan Poe

dream inspirational life

All suffering originates from craving, from attachment, from desi... by Edgar Allan Poe

All suffering originates from craving, from attachment, from desire.

Edgar Allan Poe

attachment suffering desire

I remained too much inside my head and ended up losing my mind. by Edgar Allan Poe

I remained too much inside my head and ended up losing my mind.

Edgar Allan Poe

losing-my-mind losing mind

Men have called me mad; but the question is not yet settled, whether madness is or is not the loftiest intelligence– whether much that is glorious– whether all that is profound– does not spring from disease of thought– from moods of mind exalted at the expense of the general intellect.

Edgar Allan Poe

spring depression science

They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape t... by Edgar Allan Poe

They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.

Edgar Allan Poe

inspirational love life

Always keep a big bottle of booze at your side. If a bird starts talking nonsense to you in the middle of the night pour yourself a stiff drink.

Edgar Allan Poe

your-side talking night

If a man deceives me once, shame on him; if he deceives me twice,... by Edgar Allan Poe

If a man deceives me once, shame on him; if he deceives me twice, shame on me.

Edgar Allan Poe

catchy shame men

And so, being young and dipt in folly, I fell in love with melanc... by Edgar Allan Poe

And so, being young and dipt in folly, I fell in love with melancholy.

Edgar Allan Poe

inspirational love life

False hope is nicer than no hope at all. by Edgar Allan Poe

False hope is nicer than no hope at all.

Edgar Allan Poe

catchy false-hope no-hope

There are some secrets which do not permit themselves to be told. by Edgar Allan Poe

There are some secrets which do not permit themselves to be told.

Edgar Allan Poe

permit secret