One half of my life has put the other half in the grave.

Quote by Pierre Corneille

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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.

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.

He who does not fear death cares naught for threats.

He who does not fear death cares naught for threats.

It takes good memory to keep up a lie.

It takes good memory to keep up a lie.

He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be.

He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be.

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 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...

He who does not fear death cares naught for threats.

He who does not fear death cares naught for threats.

To he who avenges a father, nothing is impossible.

To he who avenges a father, nothing is impossible.

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...

Love is a tyrant sparing none.

Love is a tyrant sparing none.

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.

To conquer without risk is to triumph without glory.

To conquer without risk is to triumph without glory.

In the service of Caesar, everything is legitimate.

In the service of Caesar, everything is legitimate.

Oh, how sweet it is to pity the fate of an enemy who can no...

Oh, how sweet it is to pity the fate of an enemy who can no...

Severity is allowable where gentleness has no effect.

Severity is allowable where gentleness has no effect.

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

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

A Victory without danger is a triumph without glory.

A Victory without danger is a triumph without glory.

To conquer without danger is to conquer without glory.

To conquer without danger is to conquer without glory.

He who forgives readily only invites offense.

He who forgives readily only invites offense.