He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be.

Quote by Pierre Corneille

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My sweetest hope is to lose hope.

My sweetest hope is to lose hope.

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.

Flee an enemy who knows your weakness.

Flee an enemy who knows your weakness.

One often calms one's grief by recounting it.

One often calms one's grief by recounting it.

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.

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...

He who forgives readily only invites offense.

He who forgives readily only invites offense.

Every man of courage is a man of his word.

Every man of courage is a man of his word.

In recounting our woes, we often soothe them.

In recounting our woes, we often soothe them.

This dark brightness that falls from the stars.

This dark brightness that falls from the stars.

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.

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

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

The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame.

The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame.

It matters more how one gives than what one gives.

It matters more how one gives than what one gives.

The man is all class - unfortunately third

The man is all class - unfortunately third

Here honor binds me, and I wish to satisfy it.

Here honor binds me, and I wish to satisfy it.

In the service of Caesar, everything is legitimate.

In the service of Caesar, everything is legitimate.

Peace is produced by war.

Peace is produced by war.

The subject of a good tragedy must not be realistic.

The subject of a good tragedy must not be realistic.

Those who easily forgive invite offenses.

Those who easily forgive invite offenses.