"To think the world therefore a general Bedlam,……" — Thomas Traherne

More Bedlam Quotes

This quote is filed under Bedlam Quotes, one of 14 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

• I used to look like a deer in headlights on the red carpet. You step out of the car and… — Emily Blunt
• The book, as it stands, seems to me to be one of the most frightful muddles I have ever read,… — John Maynard Keynes
• Democracy, in its best state, is but the politics of Bedlam; while kept chained, its thoughts are frantic, but when… — Fisher Ames
• Don't think that the lack of leaders and of a party ideological line means anarchy, if by anarchy you mean… — Michael Hardt
• People get frightened that success is going to take them out of life. They're no longer going to be on… — Tom Waits
• Bedlam: an institution with a history so fearsome it gave its name to a synonym for chaos and pandemonium. — Jon Ronson
• As, for the safety of society, we commit honest maniacs to Bedlam, so judges should be withdrawn from their bench,… — Thomas Jefferson
• Whether the darken'd room to muse invite, Or whiten'd wall provoke the skew'r to write; In durance, exile, Bedlam, or… — Alexander Pope
• Margaret Kochamma's tiny, ordered life relinquished itself to this truly baroque bedlam with the quiet gasp of a warm body… — Arundhati Roy
• Really, a young Atheist cannot guard his faith too carefully. Dangers lie in wait for him on every side. You… — C.S. Lewis
• The concept of dreaming is known to the waking mind but to the dreamer there is no waking, no real… — Stephen King
• I like places where you can dance to crazy music, like Bedlam or Eastern Bloc in the East Village. — Nicola Formichetti

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