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Though this be madness, yet there is method in't.
Though this be madness, yet there is method in't.
 Who then is sane? He who is not a fool.
 [Lat., Quisnam igitur sanus? Qui non stultus.]  
 Who then is sane? He who is not a fool.
 [Lat., Quisnam igitur sanus? Qui non stultus.] 
In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.
In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.
.The insane, on occasion, are not without their charms
.The insane, on occasion, are not without their charms
 I teach that all are men are mad.
 [Lat., Doceo insanire omnes.]  
 I teach that all are men are mad.
 [Lat., Doceo insanire omnes.] 
 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! 
The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.
The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.
 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.] 
 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.