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Do your duty, and leave the rest to heaven.
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The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.
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To die for one's country is such a worthy fate That all compete for so beautiful a death.
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Such subjects are the very strength of kings, And are thus above the law.
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The Christians have one God alone, the lord
Of all, whose will unaided does what he
Resolves. But, if I dare to speak my mind,
Our gods are often ill-assorted, and
Even were their wrath to strike me down at once,
There are too many to be real gods.
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True, I am young, but for souls nobly born
Valor doesn't await the passing of years.
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I don't know how to defend myself: surprised innocence
Cannot imagine being under suspicion.
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Love is a tyrant, sparing none.
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It is an imprudence common to kings To listen to too much advice and to err in their choice.
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Rome is no longer in Rome, it is here where I am.
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Love lives on hope, and dies when hope is dead; It is a flame which sinks for lack of fuel.
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The universe has no prince or king
That it [Rome] would consider equal to its humblest citizen.
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Sir, what does it matter whom I serve, so long as I am right?
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The fate of States decides theirs:
Clauses of treaties determine their affections.
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An example is often a deceptive mirror,
And the order of destiny, so troubling to our thoughts,
Is not always found written in things past.
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To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster:
Either condemn or crown your hatred.
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Oh! how many actions, how many fabulous exploits
Remain without glory in the midst of the night.
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The greater the effort, the greater the glory.
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All evils are equal when they are extreme.
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When obedience is so impious,
Revolt is a necessity.
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Self-love is the source of all our other loves.
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One half of my life has put the other half in the grave.
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The people you killed seem to be in excellent health.
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By speaking of our misfortunes we often relieve them.
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Ambition displeases when it has been sated... Having reached the peak, it aspires to descend.
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Be a sinner and sin strongly, but more strongly have faith and rejoice in Christ.
Martin Luther
Pierre Corneille
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Born:
June 6, 1606
Died:
October 1, 1684
(aged 78)
Bio:
Pierre Corneille was a French tragedian. He is generally considered one of the three great seventeenth-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Jean Racine.
Known for:
Le Cid (1637)
The Liar (1644)
Cinna (1644)
Polyeucte (1642)
L'Illusion Comique (1639)
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