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All of us are crazy in one way or another.
All of us are crazy in one way or another.
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.]
What is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger
that is felt towards men?
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What is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger
that is felt towards men?
[Lat., Quid est dementius quam bilem in homines collectam in res
effundere.]
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.]
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.
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.
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.
But the devil when he purports any evil against man, first
perverts his mind.
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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.]
It shall be so.
Madness in great ones must not unwatched go.
It shall be so.
Madness in great ones must not unwatched go.