Successful crimes alone are justified

Quote by John Dryden

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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...

You see through love, and that deludes your sight, As what is straight seems crooked...

You see through love, and that deludes your sight, As what is straight seems crooked...

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

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

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

Love thou the rose, yet leave it on its stem.

Love thou the rose, yet leave it on its stem.

Sometimes we see things not as they are but as we are: Love brings understanding

Sometimes we see things not as they are but as we are: Love brings understanding

By viewing Nature, Nature's handmaid, art, makes mighty things from small beginnings grow.

By viewing Nature, Nature's handmaid, art, makes mighty things from small beginnings grow.

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

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

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.

Thou strong seducer, Opportunity!

Thou strong seducer, Opportunity!

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

Drinking is the soldier's pleasure.

Drinking is the soldier's pleasure.

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...

Genius must be born, and never can be taught.

Genius must be born, and never can be taught.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

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...

Even victors are by victory undone

Even victors are by victory undone

In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails...

In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails...

Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. Even if...

Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. Even if...