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It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most...
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things that escape those who dream only at...
It will be found, in fact, that the ingenious are always fanciful, and the truly imaginative never otherwise than...
The true genius shudders at incompleteness -- and usually prefers silence to saying something which is not every thing...
To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain...
Men of genius are far more abundant than is supposed. In fact, to appreciate thoroughly the work of what we call...
Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to...
The plots of God are perfect. The Universe is a plot of God.
Source: Democratic...
We now demand the light artillery of the intellect; we need the curt, the condensed, the pointed, the readily diffused...
That man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be, when it suits him, a...
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten...
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever...
They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. In their grey visions...
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity....
There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing...
Truth is not always in a well. In fact, as regards the more important knowledge, I do believe that she is invariably...
That pleasure which is at once the most pure, the most elevating and the most intense, is derived, I maintain, from...
With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.
Source: In Correct Quotes for...
In [chess], where the pieces have different and bizarre motions, with various and variable values, what is only...
In criticism I will be bold, and as sternly, absolutely just with friend and foe. From this purpose nothing shall turn...
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