A first impulse was never a crime.

Quote by Pierre Corneille

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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.

Each instant of life is a step toward death.

Each instant of life is a step toward death.

Love is a tyrant sparing none.

Love is a tyrant sparing none.

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

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

The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame.

The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame.

Treachery is noble when aimed at tyranny.

Treachery is noble when aimed at tyranny.

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.

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

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

Brave men are brave from the very first.

Brave men are brave from the very first.

Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not.

Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not.

He who does not fear death cares naught for threats.

He who does not fear death cares naught for threats.

To vanquish without peril is to triumph without glory.

To vanquish without peril is to triumph without glory.

All evils are equal when they are extreme.

All evils are equal when they are extreme.

He who pardons easily invites offense.

He who pardons easily invites offense.

He who fears not death fears not a threat.

He who fears not death fears not a threat.

When we conquer without danger our triumph is without glory.

When we conquer without danger our triumph is without glory.

It matters more how one gives than what one gives.

It matters more how one gives than what one gives.

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

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

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

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

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

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