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The world
thinks eccentricity in great things is genius, but in small
things, only crazy.
-- Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
1803-1873, British Novelist,
Poet
Only the other
day I was inquiring of an entire bed of old-fashioned roses,
forced to listen to my ramblings on the meaning of the
universe as I sat cross-legged in the lotus position in
front of them.
-- Prince of Wales Charles
1948-, Duke of Edinburgh, Son
of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip
Thou strange
piece of wild nature!
-- Colley Cibber
1671-1757, British
Actor-Manager, Playwright
The English
like eccentrics. They just don't like them living next door.
-- Julian Clary
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People of
uncommon abilities generally fall into eccentricities when
their sphere of life is not adequate to their abilities.
-- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
1749-1832, German Poet,
Dramatist, Novelist
The sound
principle of a topsy-turvy lifestyle in the framework of an
upside-down world order has stood every test.
-- Karl Kraus
1874-1936, Austrian Satirist
Cranks live by
theory, not by pure desire. They want votes, peace, nuts,
liberty, and spinning-looms not because they love these
things, as a child loves jam, but because they think they
ought to have them. That is one element which makes the
crank.
-- Rose Macaulay
1881-1958, British Novelist,
Essayist
The lunatic
fringe wags the underdog.
-- H. L. Mencken
1880-1956, American Editor,
Author, Critic, Humorist
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