One is often guilty by being too just.

Quote by Pierre Corneille

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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.

The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame.

The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame.

Reason and love are sworn enemies.

Reason and love are sworn enemies.

He who pardons easily invites offense.

He who pardons easily invites offense.

Brave men are brave from the very first.

Brave men are brave from the very first.

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

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

He who does not fear death cares naught for threats.

He who does not fear death cares naught for threats.

Do your duty and leave the rest to heaven.

Do your duty and leave the rest to heaven.

The subject of a good tragedy must not be realistic.

The subject of a good tragedy must not be realistic.

He who forgives readily only invites offense.

He who forgives readily only invites offense.

I would not like a king who could obey.

I would not like a king who could obey.

Each instant of life is a step toward death.

Each instant of life is a step toward death.

Just vengeance does not call for punishment.

Just vengeance does not call for punishment.

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

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

A Victory without danger is a triumph without glory.

A Victory without danger is a triumph without glory.

To vanquish without peril is to triumph without glory.

To vanquish without peril is to triumph without glory.

My sweetest hope is to lose hope.

My sweetest hope is to lose hope.

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.

This dark brightness that falls from the stars.

This dark brightness that falls from the stars.

After having won a scepter, few are so generous as to disdain the pleasures of...

After having won a scepter, few are so generous as to disdain the pleasures of...