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Corneille Quotes: "He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be."

He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be.



Corneille Quotes: "Desire increases when fulfillment is postponed."

Desire increases when fulfillment is postponed.




Corneille Quotes: "Flee an enemy who knows your weakness."

Flee an enemy who knows your weakness.



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

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




Corneille Quotes: "For souls nobly born, valor doesn't await the passing of years"

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



Corneille Quotes: "This dark brightness that falls from the stars."

This dark brightness that falls from the stars.



Corneille Quotes: "We never taste a perfect joy; our happiest successes are mixed with sadness."

We never taste a perfect joy; our happiest successes are mixed with sadness.




Corneille Quotes: "Love is a tyrant sparing none."

Love is a tyrant sparing none.



Corneille Quotes: "And the combat ceased, for want of combatants."

And the combat ceased, for want of combatants.



Corneille Quotes: "The worst of all States is the democratic State."

The worst of all States is the democratic State.



Corneille Quotes: "Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not."

Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not.



Corneille Quotes: "Omnipotence is bought with ceaseless fear."

Omnipotence is bought with ceaseless fear.




Corneille Quotes: "Severity is allowable where gentleness has no effect."

Severity is allowable where gentleness has no effect.



Corneille Quotes: "I have deserved neither so much honor or so much disgrace."

I have deserved neither so much honor or so much disgrace.



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

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



Corneille Quotes: "It is a crime against the State to be powerful enough to commit one."

It is a crime against the State to be powerful enough to commit one.



Corneille Quotes: "Alas, I emerge from one disaster to fall into a worse."

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



Corneille Quotes: "Clemency is the surest proof of a true monarch. [Fr., La clemence est la plus belle marque Qui fasse a l'univers connaitre un vrai monqrque.]"

Clemency is the surest proof of a true monarch. [Fr., La clemence est la plus belle marque Qui fasse a l'univers connaitre un vrai monqrque.]



Corneille Quotes: "The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame."

The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame.



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

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



Corneille Quotes: "To die for one's country is such a worthy fate that all compete for so beautiful a death."

To die for one's country is such a worthy fate that all compete for so beautiful a death.



Corneille Quotes: "One often calms one's grief by recounting it."

One often calms one's grief by recounting it.



Corneille Quotes: "He who can live in infamy is unworthy of life."

He who can live in infamy is unworthy of life.



Corneille Quotes: "When the patient loves his disease, how unwilling he is to allow a remedy to be applied."

When the patient loves his disease, how unwilling he is to allow a remedy to be applied.



Corneille Quotes: "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"

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



Corneille Quotes: "A good memory is needed after one has lied."

A good memory is needed after one has lied.



Corneille Quotes: "Your virtue raises your glory above your crime."

Your virtue raises your glory above your crime.



Corneille Quotes: "One doesn't wish to see those to whom one owes so much."

One doesn't wish to see those to whom one owes so much.



Corneille Quotes: "He who does not fear death cares naught for threats."

He who does not fear death cares naught for threats.



Corneille Quotes: "In the service of Caesar, everything is legitimate."

In the service of Caesar, everything is legitimate.



Corneille Quotes: "Who is all-powerful should fear everything."

Who is all-powerful should fear everything.



Corneille Quotes: "My reason, it's true, controls my feelings, but whatever its authority, it doesn't rule them so much as tyrannize them."

My reason, it's true, controls my feelings, but whatever its authority, it doesn't rule them so much as tyrannize them.



Corneille Quotes: "Oh, how sweet it is to pity the fate of an enemy who can no longer threaten us!"

Oh, how sweet it is to pity the fate of an enemy who can no longer threaten us!



Corneille Quotes: "He who pardons easily invites offense."

He who pardons easily invites offense.



Corneille Quotes: "It is a law, of the gods which is never broken, to sell somewhat dearly the great benefits which they confer on us."

It is a law, of the gods which is never broken, to sell somewhat dearly the great benefits which they confer on us.



Corneille Quotes: "Generosity is the accompaniment of high birth; pity and gratitude are its attendants."

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



Corneille Quotes: "I agree to, or rather aspire to, my doom."

I agree to, or rather aspire to, my doom.



Corneille Quotes: "Those who resolve to conquer or die, are rarely conquered."

Those who resolve to conquer or die, are rarely conquered.



Corneille Quotes: "A first impulse was never a crime."

A first impulse was never a crime.



Corneille Quotes: "Kindness acts Not always as you think; a hated hand Renders it odious."

Kindness acts Not always as you think; a hated hand Renders it odious.



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

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



Corneille Quotes: "The subject of a good tragedy must not be realistic."

The subject of a good tragedy must not be realistic.



Corneille Quotes: "It is the crime not the scaffold which is the disgrace."

It is the crime not the scaffold which is the disgrace.



Corneille Quotes: "A good memory is needed once we have lied. [Fr., Il faut bonne memoire apres qu'on a menti.]"

A good memory is needed once we have lied. [Fr., Il faut bonne memoire apres qu'on a menti.]



Corneille Quotes: "In recounting our woes, we often soothe them."

In recounting our woes, we often soothe them.



Corneille Quotes: "To myself alone do I owe my fame. [Fr., Je ne dois qu'a moi seul toute ma renommee.]"

To myself alone do I owe my fame. [Fr., Je ne dois qu'a moi seul toute ma renommee.]



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

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



Corneille Quotes: "Ambition aspires to descend"

Ambition aspires to descend



Corneille Quotes: "To myself alone do I owe my fame."

To myself alone do I owe my fame.