Madness Quotes - Page 9
Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide.
'Absalom and Achitophel' (1681) pt. 1, l. 150
"The works of John Dryden: now first collected in eighteen volumes. Illustrated with notes, historical, critical, and explanatory, and a life of the author".
Hilda Doolittle (1998). “Trilogy”, p.54, New Directions Publishing
Eckhart Tolle (2006). “A New Earth (Oprah #61): Awakening to Your Life's Purpose”, p.100, Penguin
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
Basil Bunting (2016). “The Poems of Basil Bunting”, Faber & Faber
Composing is not a profession. It is a maniaa harmless madness.
1951 I Am a Composer.
Aberjhani (2014). “Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry”, p.2, Lulu.com
Yann Martel (2009). “Life of Pi”, p.269, Vintage Canada
We Poets in our youth begin in gladness; But thereof come in the end despondency and madness.
"Resolution and Independence" l. 43 (1807)
For to define true madness, What is't but to be nothing else but mad?
'Hamlet' (1601) act 2, sc. 2, l. 93
Virginia Woolf (1978). “A Reflection of the Other Person”, Chatto & Windus