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.
- Pierre Corneille
Destiny, Thoughts, Always, Deceptive
Love is a tyrant sparing none.
- Pierre Corneille
Love, Tyrant, None, Sparing
When the patient loves his disease, how unwilling he is to allow a remedy to be applied.
- Pierre Corneille
How, Allow, His, Remedy
A liar is always lavish of oaths.
- Pierre Corneille
Always, Lavish, Oaths, Liar
A good memory is needed after one has lied.
- Pierre Corneille
Memory, Needed, After, Good Memory
It takes good memory to keep up a lie.
- Pierre Corneille
Memory, Lie, Keep, Good Memory
One ought to have a good memory when he has told a lie.
- Pierre Corneille
Good, Memory, Lie, Good Memory
He who can live in infamy is unworthy of life.
- Pierre Corneille
Live, Unworthy, He, Infamy
In recounting our woes, we often soothe them.
- Pierre Corneille
Often, Them, Woes, Soothe
He who plays advisor is no longer ambassador.
- Pierre Corneille
Longer, Advisor, Plays, Ambassador
Clemency is the noblest trait which can reveal a true monarch to the world.
- Pierre Corneille
World, Reveal, Which, Noblest
We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness.
- Pierre Corneille
Sad, Never, Most, Perfection
A first impulse was never a crime.
- Pierre Corneille
Never, Crime, First, Impulse
True, I am young, but for souls nobly born valor doesn't await the passing of years.
- Pierre Corneille
Born, Young, Souls, Nobly
Deceit is the game of petty spirits, and that is by nature a woman's quality.
- Pierre Corneille
Nature, Woman, Game, Deceit
Oh rage! Oh despair! Oh age, my enemy!
- Pierre Corneille
Age, Rage, Oh, Despair
My reason, it's true, controls my feelings, but whatever its authority, it doesn't rule them so much as tyrannize them.
- Pierre Corneille
Reason, Controls, Rule, Feelings
I have deserved neither so much honor or so much disgrace.
- Pierre Corneille
Honor, Disgrace, Neither, Deserved
After having won a scepter, few are so generous as to disdain the pleasures of ruling.
- Pierre Corneille
Pleasures, Ruling, Having, Disdain
My sweetest hope is to lose hope.
- Pierre Corneille
Hope, Lose, Sweetest
To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred.
- Pierre Corneille
Hatred, Either, Take, Disaster
Alas, I emerge from one disaster to fall into a worse.
- Pierre Corneille
Fall, Alas, Emerge, Disaster
Peace is produced by war.
- Pierre Corneille
Peace, War, Produced
I don't know how to defend myself: surprised innocence cannot imagine being under suspicion.
- Pierre Corneille
Myself, Innocence, Imagine, Surprised
One often calms one's grief by recounting it.
- Pierre Corneille
Sympathy, Often, Calms, Grief
In the service of Caesar, everything is legitimate.
- Pierre Corneille
Service, Legitimate, Caesar
He who forgives readily only invites offense.
- Pierre Corneille
Offense, Readily, Forgives, Invites
He who pardons easily invites offense.
- Pierre Corneille
Offense, He, Easily, Invites
Guess, if you can, and choose, if you dare.
- Pierre Corneille
Choose, You, Guess, Dare
Those who easily forgive invite offenses.
- Pierre Corneille
Forgive, Easily, Those, Invite
Danger breeds best on too much confidence.
- Pierre Corneille
Confidence, Best, Too, Breeds
He who is hated by all can not expect to live long.
- Pierre Corneille
Live, Expect, He, Hated
Brave men are brave from the very first.
- Pierre Corneille
Men, Very, Brave Men, Brave
The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame.
- Pierre Corneille
Shame, Crime, Makes, Scaffold
It is the crime not the scaffold which is the disgrace.
- Pierre Corneille
Crime, Disgrace, Which, Scaffold
When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.
- Pierre Corneille
Fight, Triumph, Glory, Peril
To vanquish without peril is to triumph without glory.
- Pierre Corneille
Triumph, Without, Vanquish, Peril
The greater the effort, the greater the glory.
- Pierre Corneille
Great, Effort, Glory, Greater
The subject of a good tragedy must not be realistic.
- Pierre Corneille
Tragedy, Must, Subject, Realistic
Reason and love are sworn enemies.
- Pierre Corneille
Love, Reason, Sworn, Enemies
Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not.
- Pierre Corneille
Gentleness, Force, Where, Legitimate
Ambition aspires to descend.
- Pierre Corneille
Ambition, Descend
I agree to, or rather aspire to, my doom.
- Pierre Corneille
Agree, Rather, Doom, Aspire
Do your duty and leave the rest to heaven.
- Pierre Corneille
Rest, Duty, Leave, Heaven
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
- Pierre Corneille
Wisdom, Win, Triumph, Risk
Desire increases when fulfillment is postponed.
- Pierre Corneille
Desire, Fulfillment, Increases
Happiness seems made to be shared.
- Pierre Corneille
Happiness, Made, Shared, Seems
A true king is neither husband nor father; he considers his throne and nothing else.
- Pierre Corneille
Power, Nor, Considers, Neither
I would not like a king who could obey.
- Pierre Corneille
King, Like, Would, Obey
Oh, how sweet it is to pity the fate of an enemy who can no longer threaten us!
- Pierre Corneille
Fate, How, Longer, Oh
Master of the universe but not of myself, I am the only rebel against my absolute power.
- Pierre Corneille
Myself, Rebel, Against, Master
He who allows me to rule is in fact my master.
- Pierre Corneille
Me, Fact, Rule, Master
As great as kings may be, they are what we are: they can err like other men.
- Pierre Corneille
Other, May, Err, Kings
I can be forced to live without happiness, but I will never consent to live without honor.
- Pierre Corneille
Happiness, Never, Will, Consent
How delicious is pleasure after torment!
- Pierre Corneille
Pleasure, How, Torment, Delicious
Each instant of life is a step toward death.
- Pierre Corneille
Death, Life Is A, Toward, Step
He who does not fear death cares naught for threats.
- Pierre Corneille
Death, Cares, Does, Naught
It is a crime against the State to be powerful enough to commit one.
- Pierre Corneille
Powerful, Against, Commit, Crime
He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be.
- Pierre Corneille
Himself, He, Deserves, Insulted
Severity is allowable where gentleness has no effect.
- Pierre Corneille
Gentleness, Where, Severity, Effect
We never taste a perfect joy; our happiest successes are mixed with sadness.
- Pierre Corneille
Sad, Never, Perfect, Successes
Just vengeance does not call for punishment.
- Pierre Corneille
Vengeance, Call, Does, Punishment
The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.
- Pierre Corneille
Gift, More, Than, Manner
It matters more how one gives than what one gives.
- Pierre Corneille
More, How, Than, Matters
Flee an enemy who knows your weakness.
- Pierre Corneille
Enemy, Weakness, Your, Flee
This dark brightness that falls from the stars.
- Pierre Corneille
Stars, Dark, Falls, Brightness
To die for one's country is such a worthy fate that all compete for so beautiful a death.
- Pierre Corneille
Die, Country, Compete, Worthy
Every man of courage is a man of his word.
- Pierre Corneille
Man, His, Every, Every Man
One is often guilty by being too just.
- Pierre Corneille
Often, Being, Too, Guilty
They who overcome their desires once can overcome them always.
- Pierre Corneille
Always, Desires, Once, Overcome
A Victory without danger is a triumph without glory.
- Pierre Corneille
Victory, Triumph, Without, Danger
We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger.
- Pierre Corneille
Conquer, Triumph, Without, Danger
One half of my life has put the other half in the grave.
- Pierre Corneille
My Life, Other, Grave, Half
To he who avenges a father, nothing is impossible.
- Pierre Corneille
Father, Nothing, Impossible
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