Famous quotes containing the words crime and/or drama:
“It is a crime against the State to be powerful enough to commit one.”
—Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)
“Show me one thing here on earth which has begun well and not ended badly. The proudest palpitations are engulfed in a sewer, where they cease throbbing, as though having reached their natural term: this downfall constitutes the heart’s drama and the negative meaning of history.”
—E.M. Cioran (b. 1911)