Ocupation: Poet
Life: August 9, 1631 - May 12, 1700
Birthday: August 9
Death: May 12
Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide.
source: 'Absalom and Achitophel' (1681) pt. 1, l. 150
topic: Literature, Madness, Wit, Genius And Madness, Partition, Madness And Sanity