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

Quote by Pierre Corneille

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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.

Love is a tyrant sparing none.

Love is a tyrant sparing none.

I would not like a king who could obey.

I would not like a king who could obey.

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.

True, I am young, but for souls nobly born valor doesn't await the passing of...

True, I am young, but for souls nobly born valor doesn't await the passing of...

In the service of Caesar, everything is legitimate.

In the service of Caesar, everything is legitimate.

My sweetest hope is to lose hope.

My sweetest hope is to lose hope.

He who pardons easily invites offense.

He who pardons easily invites offense.

To win without risk is to triumph without glory.

To win without risk is to triumph without glory.

A true king is neither husband nor father; he considers his throne and nothing else.

A true king is neither husband nor father; he considers his throne and nothing else.

We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger.

We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger.

He who is hated by all can not expect to live long.

He who is hated by all can not expect to live long.

To conquer without risk is to triumph without glory.

To conquer without risk is to triumph without glory.

All evils are equal when they are extreme.

All evils are equal when they are extreme.

Every man of courage is a man of his word.

Every man of courage is a man of his word.

The subject of a good tragedy must not be realistic.

The subject of a good tragedy must not be realistic.

One is often guilty by being too just.

One is often guilty by being too just.

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...

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

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

This dark brightness that falls from the stars.

This dark brightness that falls from the stars.