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

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...

A good memory is needed after one has lied.

A good memory is needed after one has lied.

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

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

It takes good memory to keep up a lie.

It takes good memory to keep up a lie.

To vanquish without peril is to triumph without glory.

To vanquish without peril is to triumph without glory.

We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger.

We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger.

We never taste a perfect joy; our happiest successes are mixed with sadness.

We never taste a perfect joy; our happiest successes are mixed with sadness.

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.

Severity is allowable where gentleness has no effect.

Severity is allowable where gentleness has no effect.

It is a crime against the State to be powerful enough to commit one.

It is a crime against the State to be powerful enough to commit one.

To he who avenges a father, nothing is impossible.

To he who avenges a father, nothing is impossible.

A Victory without danger is a triumph without glory.

A Victory without danger is a triumph without glory.

Ambition aspires to descend

Ambition aspires to descend

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

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

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...

Happiness seems made to be shared.

Happiness seems made to be shared.

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

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

In hatred as in love, we grow like the thing we brood upon. What we...

In hatred as in love, we grow like the thing we brood upon. What we...

Always remember others may hate you but those who hate you don't win unless you...

Always remember others may hate you but those who hate you don't win unless you...

When we don't know who to hate, we hate ourselves.

When we don't know who to hate, we hate ourselves.