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Oh! thou who are greatly mad, deign to spare me who am less mad.
[Lat., O major tandem parcas, read more
Oh! thou who are greatly mad, deign to spare me who am less mad.
[Lat., O major tandem parcas, insane, minori.]
Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.
Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.
Like men condemned to thunderbolts,
Who, ere the blow, become mere dolts.
Like men condemned to thunderbolts,
Who, ere the blow, become mere dolts.
I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people.
I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people.
But when Fate destines one to ruin it begins by blinding the eyes
of his understanding.
But when Fate destines one to ruin it begins by blinding the eyes
of his understanding.
No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.
No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.
Go, madman! rush over the wildest Alps, that you may please
children and be made the subject of declamation.
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Go, madman! rush over the wildest Alps, that you may please
children and be made the subject of declamation.
[Lat., I demens! et saevas curre per Alpes,
Ut pueris placeas et declamatio fias.]
What is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger
that is felt towards men?
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What is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger
that is felt towards men?
[Lat., Quid est dementius quam bilem in homines collectam in res
effundere.]
