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Madam, I swear I use no art at all.
That he is mad, 'tis true: 'tis true 'tis pity,
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Madam, I swear I use no art at all.
That he is mad, 'tis true: 'tis true 'tis pity,
And pity 'tis 'tis true--a foolish figure.
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.]
There has never been any great genius without a spice of madness.
[Lat., Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae read more
There has never been any great genius without a spice of madness.
[Lat., Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit.]
The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.
The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.
It is a common calamity; at some one time we have all been mad.
[Lat., Id commune malum; semel read more
It is a common calamity; at some one time we have all been mad.
[Lat., Id commune malum; semel insanivimus omnes.]
My dear Sir, take any road, you can't go amiss. The whole state
is one vast insane asylum.
My dear Sir, take any road, you can't go amiss. The whole state
is one vast insane asylum.
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.
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.]
He appears mad indeed but to a few, because the majority is
infected with the same disease.
[Lat., read more
He appears mad indeed but to a few, because the majority is
infected with the same disease.
[Lat., Nimirum insanus paucis videatur, eo quod
Maxima pars hominum morbo jactatur eodem.]