When we conquer without danger our triumph is without glory.

Quote by Pierre Corneille

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All evils are equal when they are extreme.

All evils are equal when they are extreme.

My sweetest hope is to lose hope.

My sweetest hope is to lose hope.

Flee an enemy who knows your weakness.

Flee an enemy who knows your weakness.

Peace is produced by war.

Peace is produced by war.

True, I am young, but for souls nobly born valor doesn't await the passing of...

True, I am young, but for souls nobly born valor doesn't await the passing of...

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

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

In recounting our woes, we often soothe them.

In recounting our woes, we often soothe them.

Each instant of life is a step toward death.

Each instant of life is a step toward death.

Love is a tyrant sparing none.

Love is a tyrant sparing none.

Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not.

Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not.

It matters more how one gives than what one gives.

It matters more how one gives than what one gives.

In the service of Caesar, everything is legitimate.

In the service of Caesar, everything is legitimate.

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...

A first impulse was never a crime.

A first impulse was never a crime.

He who forgives readily only invites offense.

He who forgives readily only invites offense.

To vanquish without peril is to triumph without glory.

To vanquish without peril is to triumph without glory.

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.

Brave men are brave from the very first.

Brave men are brave from the very first.

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...

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

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