Age Quote by Mark Twain

We have an insanity plea that would have saved Cain.

— Mark Twain

“He had found in himself the perfect, undeniable case of insanity. He possessed wisdom, patience, tolerance, truthfulness, loyalty, and moral fortitude—all the qualities that…

— Machado de Assis

“Misfortune is a stepping stone for genius, the baptismal font of Christians, treasure for the skillful man, an abyss for the feeble.”

— Honore de Balzac

“What is the nature of the guilt that your teachers call his Original Sin? What are the evils man acquired when he fell from…

— Ayn Rand

“The insanity does not come from having chosen to see something other than the Mind of Christ. The insanity that you experience as your…

— Shanti Christo Foundation

Here lay Cain's fatal mistake: "He was rejected, not because he was a sinner, but because, being a sinner, he had dared to approach…

— Charles Henry Mackintosh

“The working of the mind discover oft Dark deeds in darkness schemed, before the act. More hateful still the miscreant who seeks When caught,…

— Sophocles

“Men were doomed to repeat the sins of not only their fathers, but all their ancient forbears on back to Cain. That was the…

— Charles Dodd White

“Time wove clarity from insanity and crowned his soul with the thorns of purpose.”

— Bishop Harber

“Assuredly we bring not innocence into the world, we bring impurity much rather: that which purifies us is trial, and trial is by what…

— John Milton

“Man must be ready to say: Yes, since Cain there has been injustice, but we can only set the misery right if we accept…

— T. H. White

“I’m beginning to believe that the depths to which a woman could fall for Cain are endless. To a deep, dark, infinite pit with…

— K.A. Tucker