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Pierre Corneille

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    After having won a scepter, few are so generous as to disdain the pleasures of ruling.

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    A good memory is needed after one has lied.

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    Alas, I emerge from one disaster to fall into a worse.

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    A liar is always lavish of oaths. [Fr., Un menteur est toujours prodigue de serments.]

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    A liar is full of oaths.

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    All evils are equal when they are extreme. [Fr., Et tous maux sont pareils alors qu'ils sont extremes.]

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    All evils are equal when they are extreme.

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    All great virtues become great men. [Fr., Toutes grandes vertus conviennent aux grands hommes.]

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    All great virtues become great men.

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    Ambition aspires to descend

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    Ambition becomes displeasing when it is once satiated; there is a reaction; and as our spirit, till our last sigh, is always aiming toward some object, it falls back on itself, having nothing else on which to rest; and having reached the summit, it longs to descend.

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    Ambition displeases when it has been sated ... having reached the peak, it aspires to descend.

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    Ambition, having reached the summit, longs to descend.

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    A monarch must sometimes rule even himself: he who wants everything must risk very little.

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    And the combat ceased, for want of combatants.

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    An example is often a deceptive mirror, and the order of destiny, so troubling to our thoughts, is not always found written in things past

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    As for our gods, we have a few too many to be true.

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    As our self-interests differ, so do our feelings.

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    A true king is neither husband nor father; he considers his throne and nothing else.

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    Be it only for a day, it is still a glory without equal to be master of the world just that day.

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    Brave men are brave from the very first. [Fr., Les hommes valeureux le sont au premier coup.]

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    Brave men are brave from the very first.

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    Clemency is the noblest trait which can reveal a true monarch to the world.

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    Danger breeds best on too much confidence.

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    Deceit is the game of petty spirits, and that is by nature a woman's quality.

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    Desire increases when fulfillment is postponed.

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    Do your duty and leave the rest to heaven.

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    Each instant of life is a step toward death.

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    Every brave man is a man of his word; to such base vices he cannot stoop, and shuns more than death the shame of lying.

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    Flee an enemy who knows your weakness.

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    Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not.

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    For souls nobly born, valor doesn't await the passing of years

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    Generosity is the accompaniment of high birth; pity and gratitude are its attendants.

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    Good fortune leads one to the highest glory, But to renounce it calls for equal courage.

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    Happiness seems made to be shared.

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    Have others fear you, and I will have no fear.

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    He who despises life is his life's master.

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    Heaven absolves all crimes committed to gain a throne Once Heaven gives it to us.

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    Heaven often regulates effects by their causes, and pays the wicked what they have deserved.

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    He on whom heaven confers a sceptre knows not the weight till he bears it.

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    Here honor binds me, and I wish to satisfy it.

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    He should be envied Who when his strength is spent lays down his life. Old age reserves a melancholy fate For noble souls before their life is done.

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    He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be.

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    He who does not fear death cares naught for threats.

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    He who forgives readily only invites offense.

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    He who has resolved to conquer or die is seldom conquered; such noble despair perishes with difficulty.

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    He who is hated by all can not expect to live long.

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    How delicious is pleasure after torment!

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    How much must I overcome before I triumph?

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    How sweet to die after one's enemies.