“Five exclamation marks, the sure sign of an insane mind.”
Terry Pratchett book Reaper Man
Variant: Multiple exclamation marks,' he went on, shaking his head, 'are a sure sign of a diseased mind.
Source: Reaper Man
“What sign is there more plain
Than self-destruction, of a mind insane?”
— Ludovico Ariosto, book Orlando Furioso
Quale è di pazzia segno più espresso
Che, per altri voler, perder se stesso?
Canto XXIV, stanza 1 (tr. B. Reynolds)
Orlando Furioso (1532)
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