“ A sane man often reasons from sound premises; an insane man commonly reasons as well, but the premises are unsound. Austin O&...
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A sane man often reasons from sound premises; an insane man commonly reasons as well, but the premises are unsound.
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Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
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The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.
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All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.
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Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage.
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A man who is "of sound mind" is one who keeps the inner madman under lock and key.
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Madness need not be all breakdown. It may also be break-through.
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Temporary madness may be necessary in some cases, to cleanse and renovate the mind; just as a fit of illness is to carry off the humours of the body.
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A man should not strive to eliminate his complexes, but to get into accord with them; they are legitimately what directs his conduct in the world.
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Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked.
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When we remember that we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
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Madness is the result not of uncertainty but of certainty.
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Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively.
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The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.
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No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.
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The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means.
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Insanity destroys reason, but not wit.
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The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.
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No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions.
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For me, insanity is super sanity. The normal is psychotic. Normal means lack of imagination, lack of creativity.
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For virtue's self may too much zeal be had; the worst of madmen is a saint run mad.
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Insanity in individuals is something rare -- but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs it is the rule.
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Let us consider that we are all partially insane. It will explain us to each other; it will unriddle many riddles; it will make clear and simple many things which are involved in haunting and harassing difficulties and obscurities now.
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Truly great madness cannot be achieved without significant intelligence.
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I think that maybe in every company today there is always at least one person who is going crazy slowly.
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A neurosis is a secret that you don't know you are keeping.
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Where does one go from a world of insanity? Somewhere on the other side of despair.
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Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.
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There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom delirium was the only solution to the strangulation that life had prepared for him.
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