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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.
In order to act, you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking.
In order to act, you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking.
But the devil when he purports any evil against man, first
perverts his mind.
[Lat., At daemon, homini read more
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.]
But when Fate destines one to ruin it begins by blinding the eyes
of his understanding.
But when Fate destines one to ruin it begins by blinding the eyes
of his understanding.
The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.
The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.
All of us are crazy in one way or another.
All of us are crazy in one way or another.
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.]
I teach that all are men are mad.
[Lat., Doceo insanire omnes.]
I teach that all are men are mad.
[Lat., Doceo insanire omnes.]