Some are born mad. Some remain so.

Some are born mad. Some remain so.

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

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

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

It shall be so.
Madness in great ones must not unwatched go.

It shall be so.
Madness in great ones must not unwatched go.

Much madness is divinest sense
To a discerning eye;
Much sense the starkest madness.
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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.

Oh! thou who are greatly mad, deign to spare me who am less mad.
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Oh! thou who are greatly mad, deign to spare me who am less mad.
[Lat., O major tandem parcas, insane, minori.]

I wouldn't recommend sex, drugs or insanity for everyone, but they've always worked for me.

I wouldn't recommend sex, drugs or insanity for everyone, but they've always worked for me.

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

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.