Just vengeance does not call for punishment.

Quote by Pierre Corneille

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It is the crime not the scaffold which is the disgrace.

It is the crime not the scaffold which is the disgrace.

They who overcome their desires once can overcome them always.

They who overcome their desires once can overcome them always.

He who plays advisor is no longer ambassador.

He who plays advisor is no longer ambassador.

I have deserved neither so much honor or so much disgrace.

I have deserved neither so much honor or so much disgrace.

The greater the effort, the greater the glory.

The greater the effort, the greater the glory.

One ought to have a good memory when he has told a lie.

One ought to have a good memory when he has told a lie.

Deceit is the game of petty spirits, and that is by nature a woman's quality.

Deceit is the game of petty spirits, and that is by nature a woman's quality.

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

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

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...

Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not.

Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not.

Danger breeds best on too much confidence.

Danger breeds best on too much confidence.

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

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

To vanquish without peril is to triumph without glory.

To vanquish without peril is to triumph without glory.

To conquer without risk is to triumph without glory.

To conquer without risk is to triumph without glory.

Do your duty and leave the rest to heaven.

Do your duty and leave the rest to heaven.

To win without risk is to triumph without glory.

To win without risk is to triumph without glory.

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.

He who forgives readily only invites offense.

He who forgives readily only invites offense.

A first impulse was never a crime.

A first impulse was never a crime.

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.