Love is not in our choice but in our fate.

Quote by John Dryden

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Honor is but an empty bubble.

Honor is but an empty bubble.

Great wits are sure to madness near allied - And thin partitions do their bounds...

Great wits are sure to madness near allied - And thin partitions do their bounds...

He [Shakespeare] was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the...

He [Shakespeare] was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the...

There is a pleasure in being mad which none but madmen know.

There is a pleasure in being mad which none but madmen know.

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

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

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

Successful crimes alone are justified

Successful crimes alone are justified

Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone.

Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone.

Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray; Who can tread sure on the smooth, slippery...

Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray; Who can tread sure on the smooth, slippery...

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.

For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.

A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow.

A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow.

Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But Genius must be born; and...

Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But Genius must be born; and...

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.

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...

Tomorrow do thy worst, I have lived today.

Tomorrow do thy worst, I have lived today.

When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor...

When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor...

Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is with thoughts of what may...

Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is with thoughts of what may...

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 -...