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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.
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.
Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtaxed.
Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtaxed.
I teach that all are men are mad.
[Lat., Doceo insanire omnes.]
I teach that all are men are mad.
[Lat., Doceo insanire omnes.]
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.]
For me, insanity is super sanity. The normal is psychotic. Normal means lack of imagination, lack of creativity.
For me, insanity is super sanity. The normal is psychotic. Normal means lack of imagination, lack of creativity.
Like men condemned to thunderbolts,
Who, ere the blow, become mere dolts.
Like men condemned to thunderbolts,
Who, ere the blow, become mere dolts.
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.
Though this be madness, yet there is method in't.
Though this be madness, yet there is method in't.