The customs of the world are so many conventional follies. - Edgar Allan Poe - Quotesmemo.com

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Selfishness, if but reasonably tempered with wisdom, is not such an evil trait.

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Edgar Allan Poe

The customs of the world are so many conventional follies.

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There are moments when, even to the sober eye of Reason, the world of our sad humanity must assume the aspect of Hell.

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