Tuesday, April 03, 2012

Of Sound Mind

Lock and keyA man who is "of sound mind" is one who keeps the inner madman under lock and key.

-- Paul Valery, "Bad Thoughts and Not So Bad", in The Collected Works of Paul Valery, edited by Jackson Mathews, Volume 14, page 450
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