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

Quote by Pierre Corneille

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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...

It takes good memory to keep up a lie.

It takes good memory to keep up a lie.

All evils are equal when they are extreme.

All evils are equal when they are extreme.

It matters more how one gives than what one gives.

It matters more how one gives than what one gives.

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...

We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger.

We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger.

Severity is allowable where gentleness has no effect.

Severity is allowable where gentleness has no effect.

A first impulse was never a crime.

A first impulse was never a crime.

He who does not fear death cares naught for threats.

He who does not fear death cares naught for threats.

Do your duty and leave the rest to heaven.

Do your duty and leave the rest to heaven.

To win without risk is to triumph without glory.

To win without risk is to triumph without glory.

To conquer without risk is to triumph without glory.

To conquer without risk is to triumph without glory.

Reason and love are sworn enemies.

Reason and love are sworn enemies.

Treachery is noble when aimed at tyranny.

Treachery is noble when aimed at tyranny.

When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.

When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.

One often calms one's grief by recounting it.

One often calms one's grief by recounting it.

Each instant of life is a step toward death.

Each instant of life is a step toward death.

Flee an enemy who knows your weakness.

Flee an enemy who knows your weakness.

Just vengeance does not call for punishment.

Just vengeance does not call for punishment.

The subject of a good tragedy must not be realistic.

The subject of a good tragedy must not be realistic.