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.

.The insane, on occasion, are not without their charms

.The insane, on occasion, are not without their charms

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

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

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

Some are born mad. Some remain so.

Some are born mad. Some remain so.

Insanity is my only means of relaxation

Insanity is my only means of relaxation

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.

All of us are crazy in one way or another.

All of us are crazy in one way or another.

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.