The first step towards madness is to think oneself wise.
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Act IIFernando de Rojas
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In the Renaissance, madness was present everywhere and mingled with every experience by its images or its dangers. During the classical period, madness was shown, but on the other side of bars; if present, it was at a distance, under the eyes of a reason that no longer felt any relation to it and that would not compromise itself by too close a resemblance. Madness had become a thing to look at: no longer a monster inside oneself, but an animal with strange mechanisms, a bestiality from which man had long since been suppressed.
Michel Foucault
When you find yourself locked onto an unpleasant train of thought, heading for the places in your past where the screaming is unbearable, remember there's always madness. Madness is the emergency exit. You can just step outside, and close the door on all those dreadful things that happened.
Forever.Alan Moore
Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer.
William Wordsworth
Be wise today; 'tis madness to defer.
Edward Young
Compassion existed when and only when one could step outside oneself, to suddenly see the bars from inside the cage.
Steven Erikson
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