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    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.]

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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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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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O, hark! what mean those yells and cries?
His chain some furious madman breaks;
He comes--I see read more

O, hark! what mean those yells and cries?
His chain some furious madman breaks;
He comes--I see his glaring eyes:
Now, now, my dungeon grate he shakes.
Help! Help! He's gone!--O fearful woe,
Such screams to hear, such sights to see!
My brain, my brain,--I know, I know
I am not mad but soon shall be.

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What is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger
that is felt towards men?
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What is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger
that is felt towards men?
[Lat., Quid est dementius quam bilem in homines collectam in res
effundere.]

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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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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.]

by Baptista Mantuanus Found in: Insanity Quotes,
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Mad as a March hare.

Mad as a March hare.

by James O. Halliwell Found in: Insanity Quotes,
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Madam, I swear I use no art at all.
That he is mad, 'tis true: 'tis true 'tis pity,
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Madam, I swear I use no art at all.
That he is mad, 'tis true: 'tis true 'tis pity,
And pity 'tis 'tis true--a foolish figure.

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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