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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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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.

by James Baillie Fraser 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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Though this be madness, yet there is method in't.

Though this be madness, yet there is method in't.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Insanity Quotes,
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In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

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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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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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There is a pleasure, sure,
In being mad, which none but madmen know!

There is a pleasure, sure,
In being mad, which none but madmen know!

by John Dryden Found in: Insanity Quotes,
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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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.The insane, on occasion, are not without their charms

.The insane, on occasion, are not without their charms

by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Found in: Insanity Quotes,
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