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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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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.

by James L. Petigru Found in: Insanity Quotes,
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The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.

The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.

by Bruce Feirstein Found in: Insanity Quotes,
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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.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Insanity Quotes,
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Everyone is more or less mad on one point.

Everyone is more or less mad on one point.

by Rudyard Kipling Found in: Insanity Quotes,
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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.]

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Some are born mad. Some remain so.

Some are born mad. Some remain so.

by Samuel Beckett Found in: Insanity Quotes,
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Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

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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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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.

by Isaac Newton Found in: Insanity Quotes,
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