They who overcome their desires once can overcome them always.

Quote by Pierre Corneille

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I can be forced to live without happiness, but I will never consent to live...

I can be forced to live without happiness, but I will never consent to live...

Danger breeds best on too much confidence.

Danger breeds best on too much confidence.

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.

He who can live in infamy is unworthy of life.

He who can live in infamy is unworthy of life.

He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be.

He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be.

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.

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

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

One is often guilty by being too just.

One is often guilty by being too just.

A good memory is needed after one has lied.

A good memory is needed after one has lied.

To he who avenges a father, nothing is impossible.

To he who avenges a father, nothing is impossible.

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

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

My sweetest hope is to lose hope.

My sweetest hope is to lose hope.

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.

Peace is produced by war.

Peace is produced by war.

Brave men are brave from the very first.

Brave men are brave from the very first.

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...

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...

To conquer without risk is to triumph without glory.

To conquer without risk is to triumph without glory.

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I... I took the one less traveled by,...

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I... I took the one less traveled by,...

Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone...

Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone...