“Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit”

Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit
“There has not been any great talent without an element of madness”

~Seneca (Lucius Annaeus Seneca
(often known simply as Seneca, or Seneca the Younger)
(c. 4 BC – 65 AD))
was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist,
and in one work humorist, of the Silver Age of Latin
literature. He was tutor and later advisor to emperor
Nero.

~cave canem~ vvvv

~ by the Dead Dog Barking on 06/28/2010.

2 Responses to ““Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit””

  1. carpe noctem !

    sine nomine
    (s.n.)

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