To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred.

Quote by Pierre Corneille

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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...

The greater the effort, the greater the glory.

The greater the effort, the greater the glory.

One is often guilty by being too just.

One is often guilty by being too just.

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.

It takes good memory to keep up a lie.

It takes good memory to keep up a lie.

My sweetest hope is to lose hope.

My sweetest hope is to lose hope.

To myself alone do I owe my fame.

To myself alone do I owe my fame.

It matters more how one gives than what one gives.

It matters more how one gives than what one gives.

A first impulse was never a crime.

A first impulse was never a crime.

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

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

The man is all class - unfortunately third

The man is all class - unfortunately third

We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger.

We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger.

Those who easily forgive invite offenses.

Those who easily forgive invite offenses.

Peace is produced by war.

Peace is produced by war.

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

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

It is the crime not the scaffold which is the disgrace.

It is the crime not the scaffold which is the disgrace.

To win without risk is to triumph without glory.

To win without risk is to triumph without glory.

He who forgives readily only invites offense.

He who forgives readily only invites offense.

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.

He who can live in infamy is unworthy of life.

He who can live in infamy is unworthy of life.