We are really so prejudiced by our educations that as the ancients deified their heroes we deify their madmen.
Philip Dormer Stanhope
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You will find that reason which always ought to direct mankind seldom does but that passions and weaknesses commonly usurp its seat and rule in its stead.
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Let dull critics feed upon the carcases of plays; give me the taste and the dressing.
- Philip Dormer Stanhope