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I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.
I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.
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.]
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.
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.
He appears mad indeed but to a few, because the majority is
infected with the same disease.
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He appears mad indeed but to a few, because the majority is
infected with the same disease.
[Lat., Nimirum insanus paucis videatur, eo quod
Maxima pars hominum morbo jactatur eodem.]
My dear Sir, take any road, you can't go amiss. The whole state
is one vast insane asylum.
My dear Sir, take any road, you can't go amiss. The whole state
is one vast insane asylum.
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.
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.]
Insanity is my only means of relaxation
Insanity is my only means of relaxation