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“To think the world therefore a general Bedlam, or place of madmen, and oneself a…” — Thomas Traherne

To think the world therefore a general Bedlam, or place of madmen, and oneself a physician, is the most necessary point of present wisdom: an important imagination, and the way to happiness.
Thomas Traherne
Thomas Traherne Clergyman • British
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