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.

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.

Everyone is more or less mad on one point.

Everyone is more or less mad on one point.

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

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.

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.

Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtaxed.

Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtaxed.

What is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger
that is felt towards men?
[Lat., read more

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.]

Oh! thou who are greatly mad, deign to spare me who am less mad.
[Lat., O major tandem parcas, read more

Oh! thou who are greatly mad, deign to spare me who am less mad.
[Lat., O major tandem parcas, insane, minori.]