I used to think the ends never justified the means EVER

Often however they died at the hands of someone less fortunate or by a family member. They also never learned that you cannot take it with you and material items will never make you happy as it is only in your own mind that you can be happy. Quothme

Then we’ve redefined "winning" as getting what one wants, for good or ill. This would mean that all of the villains throughout history were "winners"—at least for a while.

At times I know this to be true for sure