To conquer without danger is to conquer without glory.

Quote by Pierre Corneille

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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...

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 pardons easily invites offense.

He who pardons easily invites offense.

As great as kings may be, they are what we are: they can err like...

As great as kings may be, they are what we are: they can err like...

This dark brightness that falls from the stars.

This dark brightness that falls from the stars.

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.

Love is a tyrant sparing none.

Love is a tyrant sparing none.

Deceit is the game of petty spirits, and that is by nature a woman's quality.

Deceit is the game of petty spirits, and that is by nature a woman's quality.

He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be.

He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be.

The greater the effort, the greater the glory.

The greater the effort, the greater the glory.

Flee an enemy who knows your weakness.

Flee an enemy who knows your weakness.

It takes good memory to keep up a lie.

It takes good memory to keep up a lie.

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

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

They who overcome their desires once can overcome them always.

They who overcome their desires once can overcome them always.

Brave men are brave from the very first.

Brave men are brave from the very first.

Just vengeance does not call for punishment.

Just vengeance does not call for punishment.

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...

What destroys one man preserves another

What destroys one man preserves another

As our own species is in the process of proving, one cannot have superior science...

As our own species is in the process of proving, one cannot have superior science...

When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great...

When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great...