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

Quote by Pierre Corneille

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Love is a tyrant sparing none.

Love is a tyrant sparing none.

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

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

What destroys one man preserves another

What destroys one man preserves another

Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not.

Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not.

The greater the effort, the greater the glory.

The greater the effort, the greater the glory.

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

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

Desire increases when fulfillment is postponed.

Desire increases when fulfillment is postponed.

To win without risk is to triumph without glory.

To win without risk is to triumph without glory.

In the service of Caesar, everything is legitimate.

In the service of Caesar, everything is legitimate.

He who allows me to rule is in fact my master.

He who allows me to rule is in fact my master.

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...

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

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.

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.

We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness.

We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness.

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.

This dark brightness that falls from the stars.

This dark brightness that falls from the stars.

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

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

We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger.

We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger.

When the patient loves his disease, how unwilling he is to allow a remedy to...

When the patient loves his disease, how unwilling he is to allow a remedy to...