Do your duty and leave the rest to heaven.

Quote by Pierre Corneille

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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.

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

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

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...

Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not.

Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not.

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

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

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

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

I can be forced to live without happiness, but I will never consent to live...

I can be forced to live without happiness, but I will never consent to live...

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

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

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

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

He who fears not death fears not a threat.

He who fears not death fears not a threat.

To conquer without danger is to conquer without glory.

To conquer without danger is to conquer without glory.

A Victory without danger is a triumph without glory.

A Victory without danger is a triumph without glory.

My sweetest hope is to lose hope.

My sweetest hope is to lose hope.

Each instant of life is a step toward death.

Each instant of life is a step toward death.

A liar is always lavish of oaths.

A liar is always lavish of oaths.

Brave men are brave from the very first.

Brave men are brave from the very first.

It matters more how one gives than what one gives.

It matters more how one gives than what one gives.

Severity is allowable where gentleness has no effect.

Severity is allowable where gentleness has no effect.

In recounting our woes, we often soothe them.

In recounting our woes, we often soothe them.