Insanity And Sanity Quotes

• Insanity destroys reason, but not wit.

  Nathanael Emmons

  Funny, Insanity, Reason

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• Mad; adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence; not conforming to standards of thought, speech, and action derived by the conformants from study of themselves; at odds with the majority; in short, unusual. It is noteworthy that persons are pronounced mad by officials destitute of evidence that they themselves are sane.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Crazy, Odds, Mad

  Ambrose Bierce (2009). “The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Large Bold Edition”, p.184, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Ninety-nine percent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of us are in great danger of contagion.

  Thornton Wilder

  Funny, Ninety Nine, People

  1954 The Matchmaker, act 1.

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• Truly great madness can not be achieved without significant intelligence.

  Henrik Tikkanen

  Crazy, Insanity, Intelligence

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• The way it is now, the asylums can hold the sane people, but if we tried to shut up the insane we should run out of building materials.

  Mark Twain

  Funny, Running, People

  Mark Twain (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated)”, p.5637, Delphi Classics

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• Insanity is the only sane reaction to an insane society.

  Unknown

  Insanity, Insane, Reactions

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• In a mad world only the mad are sane.

  Akira Kurosawa

  Depression, Crazy, Insane World

  "Fictional character: Kyoami". "Ran", www.imdb.com. 1985.

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• Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.474, Princeton University Press

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• Too much sanity may be madness!

  Miguel de Cervantes

  May, Too Much, Madness

  "Fictional character: Miguel de Cervantes". "Man of La Mancha", www.imdb.com. 1972.

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• If you think anyone is sane you just don't know enough about them.

  Christopher Moore

  Thinking, Insanity, Enough

  Christopher Moore (2009). “The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror”, p.91, Hachette UK

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• Men have called me mad; but the question is not yet settled, whether madness is or is not the loftiest intelligence– whether much that is glorious– whether all that is profound– does not spring from disease of thought– from moods of mind exalted at the expense of the general intellect.

  Edgar Allan Poe

  Depression, Spring, Science

  Edgar Allan Poe (1927). “Tales by Edgar Allan Poe”, p.117, Dimitrios Spyridon Chytiris

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• We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Crazy, Personality, Insanity

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• There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Love, Life, Crush

  Friedrich Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (2003). “Thus Spake Zarathustra”, p.30, Algora Publishing

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  Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Depression, Crazy, Party

  Beyond Good and Evil Ch. 4

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• Though this be madness, yet there is method in't.

  William Shakespeare

  Halloween, Math, Insanity

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 2, sc. 2, l. [211]

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  I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

  Edgar Allan Poe

  Inspirational, Life, Clever

  Edgar Allan Poe (1980). “The Unknown Poe: An Anthology of Fugitive Writings”, p.8, City Lights Books

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• I am but mad north-north-west. When the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw.

  William Shakespeare

  Crazy, Wind, Mad

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 2, sc. 2, l. [405]

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• Let us consider that we are all insane. It will explain us to each other. It will unriddle many riddles

  Mark Twain

  Insanity, Insane, Criminal Mind

  Mark Twain (2010). “The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg: And Other Stories”, p.161, The Floating Press

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• I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Weed, Hate, Drinking

  FaceBook post by Hunter S. Thompson from Jul 15, 2014

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• Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage.

  Ray Bradbury

  Insanity, Bipolar, Crazy People

  Ray Bradbury (2000). “Bradbury Stories”

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  You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.

  Robin Williams

  Inspirational, Positive, Depression

  "Wisdom for the Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing". Book by Larry Chang, 2006.

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• When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.

  Mark Twain

  Funny, Life, Depression

  Mark Twain, Bob Blaisdell (2013). “The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain”, p.31, Courier Corporation

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• Men have called me mad; but the question is not yet settled, whether madness is or is not the loftiest intelligence.

  Edgar Allan Poe

  Intelligent, Men, Mad

  Edgar Allan Poe (2004). “The Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe”, p.494, Wordsworth Editions

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• A man who is 'of sound mind' is one who keeps the inner madman under lock and key.

  Paul Valery

  Being Yourself, Being Single, Men

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• There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.

  Oscar Levant

  Inspirational, Funny, Depression

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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