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Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.
Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.
No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.
No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.
Some are born mad. Some remain so.
Some are born mad. Some remain so.
I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people.
I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people.
The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.
The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.
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.]
It shall be so.
Madness in great ones must not unwatched go.
It shall be so.
Madness in great ones must not unwatched go.
Insanity is my only means of relaxation
Insanity is my only means of relaxation
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.
