Men have called me mad; but the question is not yet settled, whether madness is or is not the loftiest intelligence– whether much that is glorious– whether all that is profound– does not spring from disease of thought– from moods of mind exalted at the expense of the general intellect.

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I remained too much inside my head and ended up losing my mind.

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The eye, like a shattered mirror, multiplies the images of sorrow

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I have absolutely no pleasure in the stimulants in which I sometimes so madly indulge. It has not been in the pursuit of pleasure that I have periled life and reputation and reason. It has been the desperate attempt to escape from torturing memories, from a sense of insupportable loneliness and a dread of some strange impending doom.

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They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night

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Happiness is not to be found in knowledge, but in the acquisition of knowledge

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Always keep a big bottle of booze at your side. If a bird starts talking nonsense to you in the middle of the night pour yourself a stiff drink.

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Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.

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Democracy is a very admirable form of government - for dogs

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A wise man hears one word and understands two.

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