Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide.

Quote by John Dryden

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Look around the inhabited world; how few know their own good, or knowing it, pursue.

Look around the inhabited world; how few know their own good, or knowing it, pursue.

Shame on the body for breaking down while the spirit perseveres.

Shame on the body for breaking down while the spirit perseveres.

God never made his work for man to mend.

God never made his work for man to mend.

And plenty makes us poor.

And plenty makes us poor.

Roused by the lash of his own stubborn tail our lion now will foreign foes...

Roused by the lash of his own stubborn tail our lion now will foreign foes...

The first is the law, the last prerogative.

The first is the law, the last prerogative.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till I was...

Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till I was...

Love works a different way in different minds, the fool it enlightens and the wise...

Love works a different way in different minds, the fool it enlightens and the wise...

All heiresses are beautiful

All heiresses are beautiful

So softly death succeeded life in her, She did but dream of heaven, and she...

So softly death succeeded life in her, She did but dream of heaven, and she...

The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides...

The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides...

To die is landing on some distant shore.

To die is landing on some distant shore.

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...

Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own; he...

Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own; he...

We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.

We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.

Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, but good men starve for want of...

Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, but good men starve for want of...

Successful crimes alone are justified

Successful crimes alone are justified

Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it

Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it

Camaraderie ends when crime begins.

Camaraderie ends when crime begins.