The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame.

Quote by Pierre Corneille

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This dark brightness that falls from the stars.

This dark brightness that falls from the stars.

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

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

Happiness seems made to be shared.

Happiness seems made to be shared.

All evils are equal when they are extreme.

All evils are equal when they are extreme.

We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger.

We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger.

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.

I see, I know, I believe, I am undeceived.

I see, I know, I believe, I am undeceived.

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

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

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.

A Victory without danger is a triumph without glory.

A Victory without danger is a triumph without glory.

To myself alone do I owe my fame.

To myself alone do I owe my fame.

When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.

When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.

One often calms one's grief by recounting it.

One often calms one's grief by recounting it.

Ambition aspires to descend

Ambition aspires to descend

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...

In the service of Caesar, everything is legitimate.

In the service of Caesar, everything is legitimate.

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.

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

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