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

Quote by Pierre Corneille

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He who can live in infamy is unworthy of life.

He who can live in infamy is unworthy of life.

To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred.

To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred.

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.

He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be.

He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be.

To win without risk is to triumph without glory.

To win without risk is to triumph without glory.

This dark brightness that falls from the stars.

This dark brightness that falls from the stars.

When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.

When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.

I see, I know, I believe, I am undeceived.

I see, I know, I believe, I am undeceived.

As great as kings may be, they are what we are: they can err like...

As great as kings may be, they are what we are: they can err like...

A first impulse was never a crime.

A first impulse was never a crime.

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

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

Severity is allowable where gentleness has no effect.

Severity is allowable where gentleness has no effect.

In the service of Caesar, everything is legitimate.

In the service of Caesar, everything is legitimate.

It matters more how one gives than what one gives.

It matters more how one gives than what one gives.

Flee an enemy who knows your weakness.

Flee an enemy who knows your weakness.

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.

Danger breeds best on too much confidence.

Danger breeds best on too much confidence.

Brave men are brave from the very first.

Brave men are brave from the very first.

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...

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...