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.

My dear Sir, take any road, you can't go amiss. The whole state
is one vast insane asylum.

My dear Sir, take any road, you can't go amiss. The whole state
is one vast insane asylum.

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

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.

No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.

No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.

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.]

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.

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.

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.