Successful crimes alone are justified.

Quote by John Dryden

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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...

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...

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...

For they conquer who believe they can.

For they conquer who believe they can.

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...

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...

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...

Either be wholly slaves or wholly free.

Either be wholly slaves or wholly free.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

The first is the law, the last prerogative.

The first is the law, the last prerogative.

Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging...

Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging...

War is the trade of Kings.

War is the trade of Kings.

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.

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

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

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

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

Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we...

Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we...

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master

He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master

Confidence is the most important single factor in this game, and no matter how great...

Confidence is the most important single factor in this game, and no matter how great...

With confidence, you can reach truly amazing heights; without confidence, even the simplest accomplishments are...

With confidence, you can reach truly amazing heights; without confidence, even the simplest accomplishments are...