Edgar Allan Poe Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Edgar Allan Poe quotes, Edgar Allan Poe sayings, and Edgar Allan Poe proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

The true genius shudders at incompleteness. Edgar Allan Poe
The best things in life make you sweaty. Edgar Allan Poe
Sometimes I’m terrified of my heart; of its constant hunger for whatever it is it wants. The way it stops and starts. Edgar Allan Poe
Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the larger portion of the truth arises from the seemingly irrelevant. Edgar Allan Poe
Believe nothing you hear and only one half that you see. Edgar Allan Poe
Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality. Edgar Allan Poe
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. Edgar Allan Poe
The true genius shudders at incompleteness — imperfection — and usually prefers silence to saying the something which is not everything that should be said. Edgar Allan Poe
A man's grammar, like Caesar's wife, should not only be pure, but above suspicion of impurity. Edgar Allan Poe