![I have great faith in fools – self-confidence my friends will call it.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-g_30fa96zsE/X1tqvyEJVPI/AAAAAAAAHHE/FNbdwJRnDRIR34XBoI_YmotmOq3Yjww8wCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/i-have-great-faith-in-fools-selfconfidence-my-friends-will-call-it.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Category: Edgar Allan Poe
![I have great faith in fools – self-confidence my friends will call it.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-g_30fa96zsE/X1tqvyEJVPI/AAAAAAAAHHE/FNbdwJRnDRIR34XBoI_YmotmOq3Yjww8wCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/i-have-great-faith-in-fools-selfconfidence-my-friends-will-call-it.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
![The best things in life make you sweaty.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lv9kmCQedYw/X1uIfQbcuxI/AAAAAAAAKLA/oJTiwWJZ-a0DJfl3T0tknqugACJwwrqxACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/the-best-things-in-life-make-you-sweaty.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
The best things in life make you sweaty.
![Sleep, those little slices of death how I loathe them.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lyn9ZZ-gXkM/X1t7jyF-API/AAAAAAAAJOE/7wbhVnMaYAUo11OJDAk91ZKMjGRuPRjZgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/sleep-those-little-slices-of-death-how-i-loathe-them.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Sleep, those little slices of death how I loathe them.
![With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rPHtWyRk8r4/X1uR485qZcI/AAAAAAAALjY/0b6O5zSvhSQYgY6MVtxeujZaL8cHqIrLwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/with-me-poetry-has-not-been-a-purpose-but-a-passion.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.
![Invisible things are the only realities.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-X920W4RQJ84/X1tu11xMbJI/AAAAAAAAHxA/UT2l63skpi0FalCPGnhsKfML4E-Mu7LYACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/invisible-things-are-the-only-realities.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Invisible things are the only realities.
![You call it hope that fire of fire!It is but agony of desire.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-BweqBqHY6wo/X1uSjwQ6avI/AAAAAAAALrk/eYILX42q3Ng0YTKbH3NPcUDtdwT0tK16QCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/you-call-it-hope-that-fire-of-fireit-is-but-agony-of-desire.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
You call it hope that fire of fire!It is but agony of desire.
![To elevate the soul, poetry is necessary.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-nSRw6i6lNCk/X1uN-KPVL1I/AAAAAAAAK5s/yB6viRqZ1i8rhI326Wv5gvp-_DpWyVyLQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/to-elevate-the-soul-poetry-is-necessary.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
To elevate the soul, poetry is necessary.
![Mysteries force a man to think, and so injure his health.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kP46wfSJtIU/X1t2oPQB5SI/AAAAAAAAIi4/_Z9SLKo40dE-v5OYhItpXVzZiBtorUh5gCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/mysteries-force-a-man-to-think-and-so-injure-his-health.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Mysteries force a man to think, and so injure his health.
![Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jvrBI5u1x2U/X1t6TGOapyI/AAAAAAAAI-8/e3uZr6l_aSUFwx9ZcG7qYmY8iltIanvHwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/poetry-is-the-rhythmical-creation-of-beauty-in-words.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.
![Lord help my poor soul.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-We5ynLJRFmU/X1t1El9-OXI/AAAAAAAAIQ8/KV833TtwHzAaPbnJjSTbVyjOIH4M4uiEACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/lord-help-my-poor-soul.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Lord help my poor soul.
![Even in the grave, all is not lost.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1ynpiycG-wc/X1tjp0lMKSI/AAAAAAAAGPw/am6zNc7B8j4vx0ciMoJ68EkbS4pPHiNhQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/even-in-the-grave-all-is-not-lost.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Even in the grave, all is not lost.
![Blood was its Avatar and its seal.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lXfbCBmKV7A/X1thzz61f-I/AAAAAAAAF0c/0GfH_WKVnK8cgBwEyNzPDcQchSa-6ljwgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/blood-was-its-avatar-and-its-seal.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)