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It shall be so.
Madness in great ones must not unwatched go.
It shall be so.
Madness in great ones must not unwatched go.
Insanity is my only means of relaxation
Insanity is my only means of relaxation
Go, madman! rush over the wildest Alps, that you may please
children and be made the subject of declamation.
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Go, madman! rush over the wildest Alps, that you may please
children and be made the subject of declamation.
[Lat., I demens! et saevas curre per Alpes,
Ut pueris placeas et declamatio fias.]
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.]
I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.
I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.
For those whom God to ruin has designed
He fits for fate, and first destroys their mind.
For those whom God to ruin has designed
He fits for fate, and first destroys their mind.
Some are born mad. Some remain so.
Some are born mad. Some remain so.
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.]