#madness

Party-spirit at best is but the madness of many for the gain of a few. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#few #gain #madness #many

On the steps is a machine-gun ready for action. The square is empty; only the streets that lead into it are jammed with people. It would be madness to go farther - the machine-gun is covering the square. ↗

— Erich Maria Remarque

#covering #empty #farther #go #into

I read The Old Curiosity Shop before I began Blackwood Farm. I was amazed at the utter madness in that book. ↗

— Anne Rice

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In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom. ↗

— J. G. Ballard

#freedom #madness #only #sane #world

Rum, n. Generically, fiery liquors that produce madness in total abstainers. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

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