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Madness Quotes - Page 9

It is a madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because in herself she is nothing, can rule nothing, but is ruled by prudence.

"The works of John Dryden: now first collected in eighteen volumes. Illustrated with notes, historical, critical, and explanatory, and a life of the author".

It is no madness to say you will fall, you great cities.

Hilda Doolittle (1998). “Trilogy”, p.54, New Directions Publishing

That in you which recognizes madness as madness (even if it is your own) is sanity, is the arising awareness, is the end of insanity.

Eckhart Tolle (2006). “A New Earth (Oprah #61): Awakening to Your Life's Purpose”, p.100, Penguin

Luck, mere luck may make even madness wisdom.

Douglas William Jerrold, Blanchard Jerrold (1859). “Specimens of Douglas Jerrold's wit: together with selections, chiefly from his contributions to journals, intended to illustrate his opinions”, p.122

Can a moment of madness make up for an age of consent?

Basil Bunting (2016). “The Poems of Basil Bunting”, Faber & Faber

You can't have a masterpiece without madness.

"Jodorowsky's Dune". Documentary, www.imdb.com. 2-13.

At the edge of madness you howl diamonds and pearls.

Aberjhani (2014). “Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry”, p.2, Lulu.com

Misery loves company, and madness calls it forth.

Yann Martel (2009). “Life of Pi”, p.269, Vintage Canada

As an experience, madness is terrific ... and in its lava I still find most of the things I write about.

Virginia Woolf (1978). “A Reflection of the Other Person”, Chatto & Windus