Love is not in our choice but in our fate.

Quote by John Dryden

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War, he sung, is toil and trouble; honour but an empty bubble.

War, he sung, is toil and trouble; honour but an empty bubble.

Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure

Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure

Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong.

Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong.

Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. For love which hath...

Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. For love which hath...

And plenty makes us poor.

And plenty makes us poor.

And love's the noblest frailty of the mind.

And love's the noblest frailty of the mind.

Seek not to know what must not be reveal, for joy only flows where fate...

Seek not to know what must not be reveal, for joy only flows where fate...

For, Heaven be thank'd, we live in such an age, when no man dies for...

For, Heaven be thank'd, we live in such an age, when no man dies for...

He loved me well: so well he could but die - To show he loved...

He loved me well: so well he could but die - To show he loved...

What passions cannot music raise or quell?

What passions cannot music raise or quell?

If you be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams -...

If you be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams -...

Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; and every little absence is an...

Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; and every little absence is an...

Even victors are by victory undone

Even victors are by victory undone

Love is hard work; and hard work sometimes hurts!

Love is hard work; and hard work sometimes hurts!

Thou strong seducer, Opportunity!

Thou strong seducer, Opportunity!

He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount...

He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount...

Successful crimes alone are justified

Successful crimes alone are justified

The prisoner is not the one who has commited a crime, but the one who...

The prisoner is not the one who has commited a crime, but the one who...

Make crime pay. Become a Lawyer.

Make crime pay. Become a Lawyer.

No crime is vulgar, but all vulgarity is crime

No crime is vulgar, but all vulgarity is crime