In things pertaining to enthusiasm, no man is sane who does not know
how to be insane on proper occasions.
-- H.W. Beecher
how to be insane on proper occasions.
-- H.W. Beecher
Related:
- Homer: This isn't fair! How can you tell who's sane and who's insane?
Doctor: Well, we have a very simple method. ... - In an insane society,
the sane man must appear insane. --... - There is no man that lives who does not need to be drilled,
disciplined, and developed into something higher and... - It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the
strong man stumbles,
or where the doer of deeds could have done them better... - You can bring men from other parts of the world who are sane.
And you know what happens? At the very moment they... - To the man-in-the-street, who, I'm sorry to say,
Is a keen observer of life,
The word "Intellectual" suggests straight away A man... - The following ties in nicely with another thread (What is music?)
All I know about music is that not many people ever really hear it.
And even t hen, on the rare occasions that something... - He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be;
and he who studies men will know how they are...
