Henry Rider Haggard. Cleopatra (№ 170683)

So the criminals are fooling yourself by laying the blame for evil deeds on an inevitable Destiny, trying to convince themselves that their wickedness they may do some good, and kill the conscience, supposedly obeying the dictates of necessity. But in vain, all in vain, for on the path of Vice they are always haunted by remorse, and in front of waiting for death, and Woe to those who go that way!