They that possess the prince possess the laws.

Quote by John Dryden

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Successful crimes alone are justified.

Successful crimes alone are justified.

When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered...

When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered...

All objects lose by too familiar a view.

All objects lose by too familiar a view.

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...

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

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

The first is the law, the last prerogative.

The first is the law, the last prerogative.

They can conquer who believe they can

They can conquer who believe they can

Beware the fury of a patient man.

Beware the fury of a patient man.

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

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

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 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...

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 who would search for pearls must dive below.

He who would search for pearls must dive below.

God never made his work for man to mend.

God never made his work for man to mend.

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

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...

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...

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 -...

For they conquer who believe they can.

For they conquer who believe they can.