To vanquish without peril is to triumph without glory.

Quote by Pierre Corneille

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Brave men are brave from the very first.

Brave men are brave from the very first.

Treachery is noble when aimed at tyranny.

Treachery is noble when aimed at tyranny.

Flee an enemy who knows your weakness.

Flee an enemy who knows your weakness.

What destroys one man preserves another

What destroys one man preserves another

Master of the universe but not of myself, I am the only rebel against my...

Master of the universe but not of myself, I am the only rebel against my...

Each instant of life is a step toward death.

Each instant of life is a step toward death.

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

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

He who does not fear death cares naught for threats.

He who does not fear death cares naught for threats.

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

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

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.

Reason and love are sworn enemies.

Reason and love are sworn enemies.

All evils are equal when they are extreme.

All evils are equal when they are extreme.

To win without risk is to triumph without glory.

To win without risk is to triumph without glory.

Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not.

Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not.

Just vengeance does not call for punishment.

Just vengeance does not call for punishment.

They who overcome their desires once can overcome them always.

They who overcome their desires once can overcome them always.

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...

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.

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

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

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

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