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.

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

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

Like men condemned to thunderbolts,
Who, ere the blow, become mere dolts.

Like men condemned to thunderbolts,
Who, ere the blow, become mere dolts.

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

There is a thin line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.

There is a thin line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.

Some are born mad. Some remain so.

Some are born mad. Some remain so.

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.]

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!