Sanity quotes

Sanity

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Walt Whitman Poet, Essayist
Sanity

"Of all mankind the great poet is the equable man. Not in him but off from him things are grotesque or eccentric or fail of their sanity."

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Francis Bacon Philosopher, Statesman
Sanity

"For whatever deserves to exist deserves also to be known, for knowledge is the image of existence, and things mean and splendid exist alike."

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Joan Didion Author, Essayist
Sanity

"Nothing I read about grief seemed to exactly express the craziness of it; which was the interesting aspect of it to me - how really tenuous our sanity is."

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