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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.
Though this be madness, yet there is method in't.
Though this be madness, yet there is method in't.
Like men condemned to thunderbolts,
Who, ere the blow, become mere dolts.
Like men condemned to thunderbolts,
Who, ere the blow, become mere dolts.
Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.
Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.
The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.
The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.
Who then is sane? He who is not a fool.
[Lat., Quisnam igitur sanus? Qui non stultus.]
Who then is sane? He who is not a fool.
[Lat., Quisnam igitur sanus? Qui non stultus.]
O, hark! what mean those yells and cries?
His chain some furious madman breaks;
He comes--I see read more
O, hark! what mean those yells and cries?
His chain some furious madman breaks;
He comes--I see his glaring eyes:
Now, now, my dungeon grate he shakes.
Help! Help! He's gone!--O fearful woe,
Such screams to hear, such sights to see!
My brain, my brain,--I know, I know
I am not mad but soon shall be.
For me, insanity is super sanity. The normal is psychotic. Normal means lack of imagination, lack of creativity.
For me, insanity is super sanity. The normal is psychotic. Normal means lack of imagination, lack of creativity.
I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.
I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.
