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

Quote by Pierre Corneille

Topics: Choice Quotes, Decision Quotes

He who pardons easily invites offense.

He who pardons easily invites offense.

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

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

He who can live in infamy is unworthy of life.

He who can live in infamy is unworthy of life.

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.

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...

Danger breeds best on too much confidence.

Danger breeds best on too much confidence.

Do your duty and leave the rest to heaven.

Do your duty and leave the rest to heaven.

Flee an enemy who knows your weakness.

Flee an enemy who knows your weakness.

Each instant of life is a step toward death.

Each instant of life is a step toward death.

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

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

Treachery is noble when aimed at tyranny.

Treachery is noble when aimed at tyranny.

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.

He who plays advisor is no longer ambassador.

He who plays advisor is no longer ambassador.

When we conquer without danger our triumph is without glory.

When we conquer without danger our triumph is without glory.

It matters more how one gives than what one gives.

It matters more how one gives than what one gives.

The subject of a good tragedy must not be realistic.

The subject of a good tragedy must not be realistic.

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.

The greater the effort, the greater the glory.

The greater the effort, the greater the glory.

To win without risk is to triumph without glory.

To win without risk is to triumph without glory.

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...