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Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.

Les hommes seront toujours fous; et ceux qui croient les guérir sont les plus fous de la bande.

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Letter to Louise Dorothea of Meiningen, duchess of Saxe-Gotha Madame (30 January 1762)

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