Severity is allowable where gentleness has no effect.

Quote by Pierre Corneille

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He who is hated by all can not expect to live long.

He who is hated by all can not expect to live long.

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

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

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

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

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

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

To vanquish without peril is to triumph without glory.

To vanquish without peril is to triumph without glory.

One often calms one's grief by recounting it.

One often calms one's grief by recounting it.

Here honor binds me, and I wish to satisfy it.

Here honor binds me, and I wish to satisfy it.

It takes good memory to keep up a lie.

It takes good memory to keep up a lie.

Ambition aspires to descend

Ambition aspires to descend

Reason and love are sworn enemies.

Reason and love are sworn enemies.

Those who easily forgive invite offenses.

Those who easily forgive invite offenses.

A good memory is needed after one has lied.

A good memory is needed after one has lied.

Danger breeds best on too much confidence.

Danger breeds best on too much confidence.

When we conquer without danger our triumph is without glory.

When we conquer without danger our triumph is without glory.

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.

The subject of a good tragedy must not be realistic.

The subject of a good tragedy must not be realistic.

He who plays advisor is no longer ambassador.

He who plays advisor is no longer ambassador.

Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not.

Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not.

A first impulse was never a crime.

A first impulse was never a crime.

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...