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Jean Jacques Rousseau 91
Genevan philosopher 1712–1778Related quotes
“In a mad world, only the mad are sane!”
Ran (1985)
Variant: In a mad world, only the mad are sane.
“Oh yes! The one man in the world who never believes he's mad is the madman.”
In answer to the question as to whether he ever thought he might be quite mad. Granada Television documentary on Scientology http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_w-YWwC1lI#t=1503.
“In the country of the mad, the sane man is crazy.”
The Overman Culture (1971)
“The sole difference between myself and a madman is the fact that I am not mad!”
“To be sane in a mad time
is bad for the brain, worse
for the heart.”
"The Mad Farmer Manifesto: The First Amendment" in The Country of Marriage (1973).
Poems
“There's only a thin red line between the sane and the mad.”
"Old midwestern saying" created by Jones for his story, as stated in James Jones: An American Literary Orientalist Master (1998) by Steven R. Carter
The Thin Red Line (1962)
“I like you because you were mad. And you're pretty. And pretty sane for a mad person.”
Source: 13 Little Blue Envelopes