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 Go, madman! rush over the wildest Alps, that you may please 
children and be made the subject of declamation.
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 Go, madman! rush over the wildest Alps, that you may please 
children and be made the subject of declamation.
 [Lat., I demens! et saevas curre per Alpes,
  Ut pueris placeas et declamatio fias.] 
Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood.
Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood.
A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation.
A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation.
All of us are crazy in one way or another.
All of us are crazy in one way or another.
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.
Everyone is more or less mad on one point.
Everyone is more or less mad on one point.
No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.
No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.
 The alleged power to charm down insanity, or ferocity in beasts, 
is a power behind the eye.  
 The alleged power to charm down insanity, or ferocity in beasts, 
is a power behind the eye. 
 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.