Which of these quotes are NOT a quote by Edgar Allan Poe

10 07 2007

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Convinced myself, I seek not to convince.
The upward course of a nation’s history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women.
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Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.

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We are certain that there is forgiveness, because there is a Gospel, and the very essence of the Gospel lies in the proclamation of the pardon of sin.
Necessity is the mother of taking chances.
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Never, for fear of feeble man, restrain your witness.

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There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.
A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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Take this kiss upon the brow And, in parting from you now,Thus much let me avow–You are not wrong who deemThat my days have been a dreamYet if hope has flown awayIn a night, or in a day,In a vision, or in none,Is it therefore the less goneAll that we see or seemIs but a dream within a dream.
Edgar Allan Poe
Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another — too often ending in the loss of both.
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I cannot live without books.
Thomas Jefferson
Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.
Frank Zappa

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One cool judgment is worth a dozen hasty councils. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat.
Woodrow Wilson
Try to put your happiness before anyone else’s, because you may never have done so in your entire life, if you really think about it, if you are really honest with yourself.
Margaret Cho
If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend six sharpening my axe.
Abraham Lincoln
As death, when we come to consider it closely, is the true goal of our existence, I have formed during the last few years such close relations with this best and truest friend of mankind, that his image is not only no longer terrifying to me, but is indeed very soothing and consoling And I thank my God for graciously granting me the opportunity…of learning that death is the key which unlocks the door to our true happiness.
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Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight always try to be a little kinder than is necessary.
James Barrie
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
Vince Lombardi
Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom would probably admonish us also not to anticipate all our happiness from one quarter alone.
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