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When obedience is so impious, Revolt is a necessity.
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He who is hated by all can not expect to live long.
Pierre Corneille
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One is often guilty by being too just.
Pierre Corneille -
Ta vertu met ta gloire au-dessus de ton crime.
Pierre Corneille -
Every man of courage is a man of his word.
Pierre Corneille -
As great as kings may be, they are what we are: they can err like other men.
Pierre Corneille -
Je ne dois qu'à moi seul toute ma renommée.
Pierre Corneille -
Clemency is the noblest trait which can reveal a true monarch to the world.
Pierre Corneille
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He who pardons easily invites offense.
Pierre Corneille -
Faites que l'on vous craigne, et je ne craindrai rien.
Pierre Corneille -
I can be forced to live without happiness, but I will never consent to live without honor.
Pierre Corneille -
I have deserved neither so much honor or so much disgrace.
Pierre Corneille -
L’on peut me réduire à vivre sans bonheur,Mais non pas me résoudre à vivre sans honneur.
Pierre Corneille -
Flee an enemy who knows your weakness.
Pierre Corneille
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Oh rage! Oh despair! Oh age, my enemy!
Pierre Corneille -
La raison et l'amour sont ennemis jurés.
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Happiness seems made to be shared.
Pierre Corneille -
Treachery is noble when aimed at tyranny.
Pierre Corneille -
He who forgives readily only invites offense.
Pierre Corneille -
A true king is neither husband nor father; he considers his throne and nothing else.
Pierre Corneille