To seek what is impossible is madness: and it is impossible that the bad should not do something of this kind.
Τὸ τὰ ἀδύνατα διώκειν μανικόν· ἀδύνατον δὲ τὸ τοὺς φαύλους μὴ τοιαῦτά τινα ποιεῖν.
V, 17
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book V
“Easing the passing of a dying person isn't all that wicked. She wanted to die. That can't be murder. It is impossible to accuse a doctor.”
To police on being told of the investigation into his actions.
Source: Cullen, Pamela V., "A Stranger in Blood: The Case Files on Dr John Bodkin Adams", London, Elliott & Thompson, 2006, ISBN 1-904027-19-9
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John Bodkin Adams
(1899–1983) general practitionar, fraudster and suspected serial killer
To police on being charged.
Source: The Slow Regard of Silent Things
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And never, never comes to pass.”
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(1762–1836) English dramatist and writer
The Maid of the Moor, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
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(1929) Indian politician
in my country, a guaranteed constitutional right.”
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