Insanity in individuals is something rare, but in groups, parties, nations and epochs it is the rule

Madness is rare in individuals, but in groups, parties, nations and ages is it the rule

In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.

Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.

Every select man strives instinctively for a citadel and a privacy, where he is FREE from the crowd, the many, the majority-- where he may forget "men who are the rule," as their exception;-- exclusive only of the case in which he is pushed straight to such men by a still stronger instinct, as a discerner in the great and exceptional sense.

Insanity is the exception in individuals. In groups, parties, peoples, and times it is the rule.