Who cares how time advances? I am drinking ale today.
Edgar Allan Poe
Time, Pleasure, Living In The Moment, Philosophical Contrast, Emotional Simplicity, Social Commentary
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Beauty | Sensitivity | Vitality | Emotional Critique | Irrascibility | Humorous Perspective | Moral Complexity | Intellectual Critique | Philosophical Paradox | Personal Conviction | Individuality | Enthusiasm | Cognition | Emotional Longing | Human Nature | Interpersonal Relationships | Artistic Metaphor | Life | Artistic Truth | Strategic Insight | More
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“The abbey was amply provisioned. With such precautions the courtiers might bid defiance to contagion. The external world could take care of itself. In the meantime, it was folly to grieve, or to think. The prince had provided all the appliances of pleasure. There were buffoons, there were improvisatori, there were ballet-dancers, there were musicians, there was Beauty, there was wine. All these and security were within. Without was the “Red Death.”” Edgar Allan Poe
Isolation, Denial, Decadence, Philosophical Commentary, Social Critique, Mortality
Edgar Allan Poe Isolation, Denial, Decadence, Philosophical Commentary, Social Critique, Mortality“The wine sparkled in his eyes.” Edgar Allan Poe
Joy, Celebration, Perception, Poetic Imagery, Emotional Depth, Sensory Experience
Edgar Allan Poe Joy, Celebration, Perception, Poetic Imagery, Emotional Depth, Sensory Experience“Between ingenuity and the analytic ability there exists a difference far greater, indeed, than that between the fancy and the imagination, but of a character very strictly analogous. It will be found, in fact, that the ingenious are always fanciful, and the truly imaginative never otherwise than analytic.” Edgar Allan Poe
Ingenuity, Imagination, Analysis, Philosophical Distinction, Cognitive Insight, Artistic Reflection
Edgar Allan Poe Ingenuity, Imagination, Analysis, Philosophical Distinction, Cognitive Insight, Artistic Reflection“Just as the Intellect concerns itself with Truth, so Taste informs us of the Beautiful while the Moral Sense is regardful of Duty. Of this latter, while Conscience teaches the obligation, and Reason the expediency, Taste contents herself with displaying the charms: – waging war upon Vice solely on the ground of her deformity – her disproportion – her animosity to the fitting, to the appropriate, to the harmonious – in a word, to Beauty.” Edgar Allan Poe
Intellect, Morality, Aesthetics, Philosophical Insight, Ethical Reflection, Artistic Appreciation
Edgar Allan Poe Intellect, Morality, Aesthetics, Philosophical Insight, Ethical Reflection, Artistic Appreciation“I have been happy, though in a dream. I have been happy – and I love the theme: Dreams! in their vivid colouring of life as in that fleeting, shadowy, misty strife.” Edgar Allan Poe
Happiness, Dreams, Memory, Philosophical Insight, Emotional Truth, Poetic Expression
Edgar Allan Poe Happiness, Dreams, Memory, Philosophical Insight, Emotional Truth, Poetic Expression“You have conquered, and I yield. Yet henceforward art thou also dead – dead to the world and its hopes. In me didst thou exist – and, in my death, see by this image, which is thine own, how utterly thou hast murdered thyself.” Edgar Allan Poe
Art, Conflict, Mortality, Philosophical Insight, Emotional Reflection, Artistic Commentary
Edgar Allan Poe Art, Conflict, Mortality, Philosophical Insight, Emotional Reflection, Artistic Commentary“The idea of God, infinity, or spirit stands for the possible attempt at an impossible conception.” Edgar Allan Poe
Divinity, Infinity, Perception, Philosophical Insight, Spiritual Exploration, Existential Inquiry
Edgar Allan Poe Divinity, Infinity, Perception, Philosophical Insight, Spiritual Exploration, Existential Inquiry“Have we not a perpetual inclination, in the teeth of our best judgment, to violate that which is Law, merely because we understand it to be such?” Edgar Allan Poe
Human Nature, Morality, Rebellion, Philosophical Inquiry, Social Commentary, Psychological Insight
Edgar Allan Poe Human Nature, Morality, Rebellion, Philosophical Inquiry, Social Commentary, Psychological Insight“I am not more sure that my soul lives than I am that perverseness is one of the primitive impulses of the human heart.” Edgar Allan Poe
Existence, Identity, Human Nature, Philosophical Insight, Emotional Complexity, Psychological Depth
Edgar Allan Poe Existence, Identity, Human Nature, Philosophical Insight, Emotional Complexity, Psychological Depth“A poem deserves its title only inasmuch as it excites, by elevating the soul.” Edgar Allan Poe
Poetry, Art, Emotion, Philosophical Statement, Creative Integrity, Artistic Merit
Edgar Allan Poe Poetry, Art, Emotion, Philosophical Statement, Creative Integrity, Artistic Merit“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. In their gray visions they obtain glimpses of eternity, and thrill, in waking, to find that they have been upon the verge of the great secret. In snatches, they learn something of the wisdom which is of good, and more of the mere knowledge which is of evil.” Edgar Allan Poe
Dreaming, Perception, Wisdom, Philosophical Insight, Spiritual Exploration, Existential Reflection
Edgar Allan Poe Dreaming, Perception, Wisdom, Philosophical Insight, Spiritual Exploration, Existential Reflection“During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens...” Edgar Allan Poe
Atmosphere, Melancholy, Seasonal Reflection, Philosophical Insight, Emotional Depth, Poetic Imagery
Edgar Allan Poe Atmosphere, Melancholy, Seasonal Reflection, Philosophical Insight, Emotional Depth, Poetic Imagery“Life is for the strong, to be lived by the strong and if need be, taken by the strong. The weak were put on earth to give the strong pleasure.” Edgar Allan Poe
Strength, Power, Societal Dynamics, Philosophical Critique, Existential Commentary, Moral Observation
Edgar Allan Poe Strength, Power, Societal Dynamics, Philosophical Critique, Existential Commentary, Moral Observation“Yet I am not more sure that my soul lives than I am that perverseness is one of the primitive impulses of the human heart—one of the indivisible primary faculties, or sentiments, which give direction to the character of Man.” Edgar Allan Poe
Existence, Morality, Human Nature, Philosophical Insight, Emotional Struggle, Psychological Reflection
Edgar Allan Poe Existence, Morality, Human Nature, Philosophical Insight, Emotional Struggle, Psychological Reflection“Other friends have flown before – On the morrow he will leave me, as my hopes have flown before.” Then the bird said, “Nevermore.” Startled.” Edgar Allan Poe
Loss, Longing, Despair, Poetic Imagery, Existential Reflection, Emotional Depth
Edgar Allan Poe Loss, Longing, Despair, Poetic Imagery, Existential Reflection, Emotional Depth“It would be mockery to call such dreariness heaven at all.” Edgar Allan Poe
Dreariness, Heaven, Critique, Philosophical Insight, Existential Observation, Emotional Truth
Edgar Allan Poe Dreariness, Heaven, Critique, Philosophical Insight, Existential Observation, Emotional Truth“We grew in age – and love – together Roaming the forest, and the wild; My breast her shield in wintry weather – And, when the friendly sunshine smiled, And she would mark the opening skies, I saw no Heaven – but in her eyes.” Edgar Allan Poe
Love, Nature, Growth, Poetic Imagery, Emotional Connection, Philosophical Reflection
Edgar Allan Poe Love, Nature, Growth, Poetic Imagery, Emotional Connection, Philosophical Reflection“I went as a passenger, having no other inducement than a kind of nervous restlessness which haunted me as a fiend.” Edgar Allan Poe
Anxiety, Restlessness, Existential Reflection, Philosophical Insight, Emotional Turmoil
Edgar Allan Poe Anxiety, Restlessness, Existential Reflection, Philosophical Insight, Emotional Turmoil