"Treason doth never prosper, what's the reason? For if it prosper, none dare call it Treason."
— Treason

January 1, 1970

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Sir John Harington, Epigrams, Book iv, Epistle 5. Compare: "Prosperum ac felix scelus/ Virtus vocatur" ("Successful and fortunate crime/ is called virtue"), Seneca, Herc. Furens, ii. 250.