Edgar Allan Poe quote: And have I not told you that what you mistake for madness is but over-acuteness of the sense?

And have I not told you that what you mistake for madness is but over-acuteness of the sense?

~ Edgar Allan Poe ~

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And have I not told you that what you mistake for madness is but over-acuteness of the sense?

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