He who can live in infamy is unworthy of life.

Quote by Pierre Corneille

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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...

Ambition aspires to descend

Ambition aspires to descend

How delicious is pleasure after torment!

How delicious is pleasure after torment!

Each instant of life is a step toward death.

Each instant of life is a step toward death.

He who forgives readily only invites offense.

He who forgives readily only invites offense.

To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred.

To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred.

To he who avenges a father, nothing is impossible.

To he who avenges a father, nothing is impossible.

He who fears not death fears not a threat.

He who fears not death fears not a threat.

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.

To conquer without risk is to triumph without glory.

To conquer without risk is to triumph without glory.

Master of the universe but not of myself, I am the only rebel against my...

Master of the universe but not of myself, I am the only rebel against my...

Oh, how sweet it is to pity the fate of an enemy who can no...

Oh, how sweet it is to pity the fate of an enemy who can no...

Every man of courage is a man of his word.

Every man of courage is a man of his word.

All evils are equal when they are extreme.

All evils are equal when they are extreme.

He who does not fear death cares naught for threats.

He who does not fear death cares naught for threats.

The greater the effort, the greater the glory.

The greater the effort, the greater the glory.

When we conquer without danger our triumph is without glory.

When we conquer without danger our triumph is without glory.

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...

This dark brightness that falls from the stars.

This dark brightness that falls from the stars.

My reason, it's true, controls my feelings, but whatever its authority, it doesn't rule them...

My reason, it's true, controls my feelings, but whatever its authority, it doesn't rule them...