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.

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.

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.

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.]

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.

They call me mad, while they are all mad themselves.
[Lat., Hei mihi, insanire me ajunt, ultro cum ipsi read more

They call me mad, while they are all mad themselves.
[Lat., Hei mihi, insanire me ajunt, ultro cum ipsi insaniunt.]

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

Some are born mad. Some remain so.

Some are born mad. Some remain so.

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.