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

Quote by Pierre Corneille

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

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

He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be.

He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be.

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.

He who does not fear death cares naught for threats.

He who does not fear death cares naught for threats.

He who plays advisor is no longer ambassador.

He who plays advisor is no longer ambassador.

They who overcome their desires once can overcome them always.

They who overcome their desires once can overcome them always.

Do your duty and leave the rest to heaven.

Do your duty and leave the rest to heaven.

Each instant of life is a step toward death.

Each instant of life is a step toward death.

He who allows me to rule is in fact my master.

He who allows me to rule is in fact my master.

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

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

Danger breeds best on too much confidence.

Danger breeds best on too much confidence.

Oh, how sweet it is to pity the fate of an enemy who can no...

Oh, how sweet it is to pity the fate of an enemy who can no...

To he who avenges a father, nothing is impossible.

To he who avenges a father, nothing is impossible.

Every man of courage is a man of his word.

Every man of courage is a man of his word.

Oh rage! Oh despair! Oh age, my enemy!

Oh rage! Oh despair! Oh age, my enemy!

One half of my life has put the other half in the grave.

One half of my life has put the other half in the grave.

He who pardons easily invites offense.

He who pardons easily invites offense.

Guess, if you can, and choose, if you dare.

Guess, if you can, and choose, if you dare.

Choose an author as you choose a friend.

Choose an author as you choose a friend.

Some choices we live not only once but a thousand times over, remembering them for...

Some choices we live not only once but a thousand times over, remembering them for...

Consider the vice president, George Bush, a man so bedeviled by bladder problems that he...

Consider the vice president, George Bush, a man so bedeviled by bladder problems that he...