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 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. 
 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.
 There has never been any great genius without a spice of madness.
 [Lat., Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae read more 
 There has never been any great genius without a spice of madness.
 [Lat., Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit.] 
In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.
In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.
Though this be madness, yet there is method in't.
Though this be madness, yet there is method in't.
Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtaxed.
Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtaxed.
 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.] 
 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!