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

Quote by Pierre Corneille

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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.

Love is a tyrant sparing none.

Love is a tyrant sparing none.

He who does not fear death cares naught for threats.

He who does not fear death cares naught for threats.

Danger breeds best on too much confidence.

Danger breeds best on too much confidence.

He who can live in infamy is unworthy of life.

He who can live in infamy is unworthy of life.

Desire increases when fulfillment is postponed.

Desire increases when fulfillment is postponed.

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

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

I would not like a king who could obey.

I would not like a king who could obey.

Happiness seems made to be shared.

Happiness seems made to be shared.

To conquer without danger is to conquer without glory.

To conquer without danger is to conquer without glory.

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.

A good memory is needed after one has lied.

A good memory is needed after one has lied.

To vanquish without peril is to triumph without glory.

To vanquish without peril is to triumph without glory.

Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not.

Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not.

The greater the effort, the greater the glory.

The greater the effort, the greater the glory.

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

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

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.

Ambition aspires to descend.

Ambition aspires to descend.

It matters more how one gives than what one gives.

It matters more how one gives than what one gives.