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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.

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In order to act, you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking.

In order to act, you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking.

by Georges Clemenceau Found in: Insanity Quotes,
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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.

by Albert Einstein Found in: Insanity Quotes,
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Like men condemned to thunderbolts,
Who, ere the blow, become mere dolts.

Like men condemned to thunderbolts,
Who, ere the blow, become mere dolts.

by Samuel Butler 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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.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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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.

by John Dryden Found in: Insanity Quotes,
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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.]

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No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.

No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.

by Aristotle Found in: Insanity Quotes,
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I teach that all are men are mad.
[Lat., Doceo insanire omnes.]

I teach that all are men are mad.
[Lat., Doceo insanire omnes.]

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