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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.]
The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.
The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.
Everyone is more or less mad on one point.
Everyone is more or less mad on one point.
It is a common calamity; at some one time we have all been mad.
[Lat., Id commune malum; semel read more
It is a common calamity; at some one time we have all been mad.
[Lat., Id commune malum; semel insanivimus omnes.]
Some are born mad. Some remain so.
Some are born mad. Some remain so.
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.
Though this be madness, yet there is method in't.
Though this be madness, yet there is method in't.
It shall be so.
Madness in great ones must not unwatched go.
It shall be so.
Madness in great ones must not unwatched go.
No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.
No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.
