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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.

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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.]

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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.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Insanity Quotes,
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All of us are crazy in one way or another.

All of us are crazy in one way or another.

by Yiddish Proverb Found in: Insanity Quotes,
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Like men condemned to thunderbolts,
Who, ere the blow, become mere dolts.

Like men condemned to thunderbolts,
Who, ere the blow, become mere dolts.

by Samuel Butler Found in: Insanity Quotes,
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For me, insanity is super sanity. The normal is psychotic. Normal means lack of imagination, lack of creativity.

For me, insanity is super sanity. The normal is psychotic. Normal means lack of imagination, lack of creativity.

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No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.

No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.

by Aristotle Found in: Insanity Quotes,
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We are not ourselves
When nature, being oppressed, commands the mind
To suffer with the body.

We are not ourselves
When nature, being oppressed, commands the mind
To suffer with the body.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Insanity Quotes,
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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.]

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I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

by Edgar Allan Poe Found in: Insanity Quotes,
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