Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Philosopher, Writer, Composer
"To be sane in a world of madman is in itself madness."
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Madmen
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Sigmund Freud
Neurologist, Psychoanalyst
"The madman is a dreamer awake"
Robert Anton Wilson
Author, Philosopher
"Only the madman is absolutely sure."
William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet
"Tis the times' plague, when madmen lead the blind."
Edgar Allan Poe
Poet, Writer
"When a madman appears thoroughly sane, indeed, it is high time to put him in a straight jacket."
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"I'd rather stay here with all the madmen than perish with the sadmen roaming free."
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"To be joyous is to be a madman in a world of sad ghosts."
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"Madmen and fools see everything through the medium of humor."
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"Victor Hugo was a madman who thought he was Victor Hugo"
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"Someone like myself, who claimed to be a real madman, living and organized with a Pythagorean precision."
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"It is the act of a madman to pursue impossibilities ."
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"Materialists and madmen never have doubts."
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"I have to lie, if I don't want to take madmen seriously and become a madman myself"
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"I am very active, ... I like to ride horses. I golf. I perform onstage. I am a madman onstage."
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"Only a madman would give good for evil"
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"He's right: They have to put madmen with madmen."
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"Are you a devious, plotting, unreliable madman? Ah, good, then you can be my most trusted advisor."
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"It is sometimes pleasant even to act like a madman."
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"It is pleasant at times to play the madman."
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"That's the terrible part. I swear to God I'm a madman."
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"Make no mistake: peaceful madmen are ahead of the future."
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"Being mad is even pleasant. But only a madman understands that."
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"You know, people talk about [Richard] Nixon's "madman theory." We don't really know much about that. It was in memoirs, by somebody else."
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"For if he like a madman lived; At least he like a wise one died."
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