Quote by Georges Bataille
Sanity is the lot of those who are most obtuse, for lucidity destr

Sanity is the lot of those who are most obtuse, for lucidity destroys ones equilibrium: it is unhealthy to honestly endure the labors of the mind which incessantly contradict what they have just established. – Georges Bataille

Other quotes by Georges Bataille

Intellectual despair results in neither weakness nor dreams, but in violence. It is only a matter of knowing how to give vent to ones rage whether one only wants to wander like madmen around prisons, or whether one wants to overturn them. – Georges Bataille

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Dreams
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Crime is a fact of the human species, a fact of that species alone, but it is above all the secret aspect, impenetrable and hidden. Crime hides, and by far the most terrifying things are those which elude us. – Georges Bataille

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Crime
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Sanity
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Everything great in the world is done by neurotics; they alone founded our religions and created our masterpieces. – Marcel Proust

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Sanity

The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they are okay, then its you. – Rita Mae Brown

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Sanity

I am but mad north-north-west: when the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw. – William Shakespeare

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Sanity

Insanity is the state of being unable, any longer, to be just a little bit delusional. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Sanity

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Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company. – Mark Twain

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I travel without barely any luggage. Just a second set of underwear and binoculars and a map and a toothbrush. – Werner Herzog

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