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Madam, I swear I use no art at all.
That he is mad, 'tis true: 'tis true 'tis pity,
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Madam, I swear I use no art at all.
That he is mad, 'tis true: 'tis true 'tis pity,
And pity 'tis 'tis true--a foolish figure.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Insanity Quotes,
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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.

by James Baillie Fraser Found in: Insanity Quotes,
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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.

by Emily Dickinson Found in: Insanity Quotes,
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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.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Insanity Quotes,
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Everyone is more or less mad on one point.

Everyone is more or less mad on one point.

by Rudyard Kipling Found in: Insanity Quotes,
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It is a common calamity; at some one time we have all been mad.
[Lat., Id commune malum; semel read more

It is a common calamity; at some one time we have all been mad.
[Lat., Id commune malum; semel insanivimus omnes.]

by Baptista Mantuanus Found in: Insanity Quotes,
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.The insane, on occasion, are not without their charms

.The insane, on occasion, are not without their charms

by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Found in: Insanity Quotes,
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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.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Insanity Quotes,
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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.]

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