It takes good memory to keep up a lie.

Quote by Pierre Corneille

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This dark brightness that falls from the stars.

This dark brightness that falls from the stars.

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

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

In recounting our woes, we often soothe them.

In recounting our woes, we often soothe them.

He who pardons easily invites offense.

He who pardons easily invites offense.

They who overcome their desires once can overcome them always.

They who overcome their desires once can overcome them always.

Each instant of life is a step toward death.

Each instant of life is a step toward death.

Do your duty and leave the rest to heaven.

Do your duty and leave the rest to heaven.

The greater the effort, the greater the glory.

The greater the effort, the greater the glory.

In the service of Caesar, everything is legitimate.

In the service of Caesar, everything is legitimate.

He who can live in infamy is unworthy of life.

He who can live in infamy is unworthy of life.

One often calms one's grief by recounting it.

One often calms one's grief by recounting it.

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...

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...

The subject of a good tragedy must not be realistic.

The subject of a good tragedy must not be realistic.

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

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

He who fears not death fears not a threat.

He who fears not death fears not a threat.

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

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

A man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy and nothing can...

A man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy and nothing can...

From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy...

From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy...

I had examined myself pretty thoroughly and discovered that I was unfit for military service.

I had examined myself pretty thoroughly and discovered that I was unfit for military service.