But he who knows what insanity is, is sane; whereas insanity can no more be sensible of its own existence, than blindness can see itself. (Apuleius)

But he who knows what insanity is, is sane; whereas insanity can no more be sensible of its own existence, than blindness can see itself.

Apuleius

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