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No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.
No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.
In order to act, you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking.
In order to act, you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking.
All of us are crazy in one way or another.
All of us are crazy in one way or another.
In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.
In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.
But the devil when he purports any evil against man, first
perverts his mind.
[Lat., At daemon, homini read more
But the devil when he purports any evil against man, first
perverts his mind.
[Lat., At daemon, homini quum struit aliquid malum,
Pervertit illi primitus mentem suam.]
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.
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.
They call me mad, while they are all mad themselves.
[Lat., Hei mihi, insanire me ajunt, ultro cum ipsi read more
They call me mad, while they are all mad themselves.
[Lat., Hei mihi, insanire me ajunt, ultro cum ipsi insaniunt.]
The alleged power to charm down insanity, or ferocity in beasts,
is a power behind the eye.
The alleged power to charm down insanity, or ferocity in beasts,
is a power behind the eye.
