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"The acceptable is unacceptable. The truth is a lie. The good is pure evil. Even freedom has become a prison."

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"Man is a demon, man is a god. Both true."

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"What a paradox it is, the sane causes more problems than the insane! It is! The real problems of the world do not come from the insane but, the sane!"

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Dean Koontz, American Author

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William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"There is no cure for madness except the madness as the cure."

"Light makes shadow. Truth makes lies."

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"The acceptable is unacceptable. The truth is a lie. The good is pure evil. Even freedom has become a prison."

"Man is a demon, man is a god. Both true."

"What a paradox it is, the sane causes more problems than the insane! It is! The real problems of the world do not come from the insane but, the sane!"

"There are brains so smart in finance and unconsciously reject wealth."

"I'm alive but I have no life. I'm alive but also dead. I'm dead and alive."

"Paradoxes are conflicting choices or conditions that demand equal attention."

"And nothing is, but what is not."

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"How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables."

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"Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie."

"I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself."