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

Quote by Pierre Corneille

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I see, I know, I believe, I am undeceived.

I see, I know, I believe, I am undeceived.

To conquer without risk is to triumph without glory.

To conquer without risk is to triumph without glory.

Love is a tyrant sparing none.

Love is a tyrant sparing none.

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...

We never taste a perfect joy; our happiest successes are mixed with sadness.

We never taste a perfect joy; our happiest successes are mixed with sadness.

In recounting our woes, we often soothe them.

In recounting our woes, we often soothe them.

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.

It is a crime against the State to be powerful enough to commit one.

It is a crime against the State to be powerful enough to commit one.

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

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

Desire increases when fulfillment is postponed.

Desire increases when fulfillment is postponed.

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

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

Severity is allowable where gentleness has no effect.

Severity is allowable where gentleness has no effect.

It takes good memory to keep up a lie.

It takes good memory to keep up a lie.

My sweetest hope is to lose hope.

My sweetest hope is to lose hope.

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 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.

Danger breeds best on too much confidence.

Danger breeds best on too much confidence.

Ambition aspires to descend.

Ambition aspires to descend.

When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.

When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.

Self-love is the source of all our other loves.

Self-love is the source of all our other loves.