He who can live in infamy is unworthy of life.

Quote by Pierre Corneille

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He who fears not death fears not a threat.

He who fears not death fears not a threat.

Each instant of life is a step toward death.

Each instant of life is a step toward death.

We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger.

We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger.

To conquer without danger is to conquer without glory.

To conquer without danger is to conquer without glory.

I don't know how to defend myself: surprised innocence cannot imagine being under suspicion.

I don't know how to defend myself: surprised innocence cannot imagine being under suspicion.

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

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

To win without risk is to triumph without glory.

To win without risk is to triumph without glory.

He who plays advisor is no longer ambassador.

He who plays advisor is no longer ambassador.

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

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

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

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

He who does not fear death cares naught for threats.

He who does not fear death cares naught for threats.

One ought to have a good memory when he has told a lie.

One ought to have a good memory when he has told a lie.

Do your duty and leave the rest to heaven.

Do your duty and leave the rest to heaven.

Self-love is the source of all our other loves.

Self-love is the source of all our other loves.

One is often guilty by being too just.

One is often guilty by being too just.

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

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

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

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

Peace is produced by war.

Peace is produced by war.

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

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

A Victory without danger is a triumph without glory.

A Victory without danger is a triumph without glory.