Love is a tyrant sparing none.

Quote by Pierre Corneille

Topics: Love Quotes

He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be.

He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be.

The subject of a good tragedy must not be realistic.

The subject of a good tragedy must not be realistic.

A good memory is needed after one has lied.

A good memory is needed after one has lied.

It takes good memory to keep up a lie.

It takes good memory to keep up a lie.

To die for one's country is such a worthy fate that all compete for so...

To die for one's country is such a worthy fate that all compete for so...

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

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.

Every man of courage is a man of his word.

Every man of courage is a man of his word.

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.

All evils are equal when they are extreme.

All evils are equal when they are extreme.

The greater the effort, the greater the glory.

The greater the effort, the greater the glory.

He who can live in infamy is unworthy of life.

He who can live in infamy is unworthy of life.

To myself alone do I owe my fame.

To myself alone do I owe my fame.

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.

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.

The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame.

The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame.

He who does not fear death cares naught for threats.

He who does not fear death cares naught for threats.

True, I am young, but for souls nobly born valor doesn't await the passing of...

True, I am young, but for souls nobly born valor doesn't await the passing of...

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

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

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

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