Though this be madness, yet there is method in't.

Though this be madness, yet there is method in't.

.The insane, on occasion, are not without their charms

.The insane, on occasion, are not without their charms

No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.

No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.

Some are born mad. Some remain so.

Some are born mad. Some remain so.

Much madness is divinest sense
To a discerning eye;
Much sense the starkest madness.
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Much madness is divinest sense
To a discerning eye;
Much sense the starkest madness.
'Tis the majority
In this, as all, prevails
Assent, and you are sane;
Demur,--you're straightway dangerous,
And handled with a chain.

Everyone is more or less mad on one point.

Everyone is more or less mad on one point.

All of us are crazy in one way or another.

All of us are crazy in one way or another.

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

O, hark! what mean those yells and cries?
His chain some furious madman breaks;
He comes--I see read more

O, hark! what mean those yells and cries?
His chain some furious madman breaks;
He comes--I see his glaring eyes:
Now, now, my dungeon grate he shakes.
Help! Help! He's gone!--O fearful woe,
Such screams to hear, such sights to see!
My brain, my brain,--I know, I know
I am not mad but soon shall be.