Happiness seems made to be shared.

Quote by Pierre Corneille

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He who forgives readily only invites offense.

He who forgives readily only invites offense.

Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not.

Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not.

The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame.

The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame.

He who does not fear death cares naught for threats.

He who does not fear death cares naught for threats.

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

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

I would not like a king who could obey.

I would not like a king who could obey.

This dark brightness that falls from the stars.

This dark brightness that falls from the stars.

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.

The greater the effort, the greater the glory.

The greater the effort, the greater the glory.

A first impulse was never a crime.

A first impulse was never a crime.

One is often guilty by being too just.

One is often guilty by being too just.

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.

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...

Those who easily forgive invite offenses.

Those who easily forgive invite offenses.

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

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

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.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

To win without risk is to triumph without glory.

To win without risk is to triumph without glory.

Do your duty and leave the rest to heaven.

Do your duty and leave the rest to heaven.

I don't know how to defend myself: surprised innocence cannot imagine being under suspicion.

I don't know how to defend myself: surprised innocence cannot imagine being under suspicion.