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

Quote by Pierre Corneille

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Do your duty and leave the rest to heaven.

Do your duty and leave the rest to heaven.

I would not like a king who could obey.

I would not like a king who could obey.

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

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

I agree to, or rather aspire to, my doom.

I agree to, or rather aspire to, my doom.

A liar is always lavish of oaths.

A liar is always lavish of oaths.

What destroys one man preserves another

What destroys one man preserves another

Just vengeance does not call for punishment.

Just vengeance does not call for punishment.

Every man of courage is a man of his word.

Every man of courage is a man of his word.

Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not.

Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not.

Happiness seems made to be shared.

Happiness seems made to be shared.

The subject of a good tragedy must not be realistic.

The subject of a good tragedy must not be realistic.

To conquer without risk is to triumph without glory.

To conquer without risk is to triumph without glory.

Desire increases when fulfillment is postponed.

Desire increases when fulfillment is postponed.

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.

They who overcome their desires once can overcome them always.

They who overcome their desires once can overcome them always.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

One is often guilty by being too just.

One is often guilty by being too just.

It takes good memory to keep up a lie.

It takes good memory to keep up a lie.

The greater the effort, the greater the glory.

The greater the effort, the greater the glory.

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.