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

Quote by Pierre Corneille

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The subject of a good tragedy must not be realistic.

The subject of a good tragedy must not be realistic.

Do your duty and leave the rest to heaven.

Do your duty and leave the rest to heaven.

The greater the effort, the greater the glory.

The greater the effort, the greater the glory.

Reason and love are sworn enemies.

Reason and love are sworn enemies.

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...

I would not like a king who could obey.

I would not like a king who could obey.

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

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

He who forgives readily only invites offense.

He who forgives readily only invites offense.

Those who easily forgive invite offenses.

Those who easily forgive invite offenses.

Oh, how sweet it is to pity the fate of an enemy who can no...

Oh, how sweet it is to pity the fate of an enemy who can no...

The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame.

The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame.

Happiness seems made to be shared.

Happiness seems made to be shared.

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

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

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

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

All evils are equal when they are extreme.

All evils are equal when they are extreme.

Treachery is noble when aimed at tyranny.

Treachery is noble when aimed at tyranny.

Every man of courage is a man of his word.

Every man of courage is a man of his word.

In recounting our woes, we often soothe them.

In recounting our woes, we often soothe them.

When the patient loves his disease, how unwilling he is to allow a remedy to...

When the patient loves his disease, how unwilling he is to allow a remedy to...

To vanquish without peril is to triumph without glory.

To vanquish without peril is to triumph without glory.