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

Quote by John Dryden

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Successful crimes alone are justified

Successful crimes alone are justified

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...

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.

Love is not in our choice but in our fate.

Love is not in our choice but in our fate.

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...

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

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

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

Confidence is the feeling we have before knowing all the facts

Confidence is the feeling we have before knowing all the facts

All, all of a piece throughout; Thy chase had a beast in view; Thy wars...

All, all of a piece throughout; Thy chase had a beast in view; Thy wars...

Errors like straws upon the surface flow: Who would search for pearls must dive below

Errors like straws upon the surface flow: Who would search for pearls must dive below

Honor is but an empty bubble.

Honor is but an empty bubble.

All heiresses are beautiful

All heiresses are beautiful

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

Successful crimes alone are justified.

Successful crimes alone are justified.

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...

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...

Look round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or, knowing it, pursue!

Look round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or, knowing it, pursue!

God never made his work for man to mend.

God never made his work for man to mend.

I don't stand for the black man's side, I don't stand for the white man's...

I don't stand for the black man's side, I don't stand for the white man's...

You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.

You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.