Pierre Corneille - Cinna (1644)

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He who pardons easily invites offense.

Pierre Corneille

Heaven absolves all crimes committed to gain a throne Once Heaven gives it to us.

Pierre Corneille

Clemency is the noblest trait
Which can reveal a true monarch to the world.

Pierre Corneille

Who is all-powerful should fear everything.

Pierre Corneille

Ambition displeases when it has been sated... Having reached the peak, it aspires to descend.

Pierre Corneille

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.

Pierre Corneille

After having won a scepter, few are so generous
As to disdain the pleasures of ruling.

Pierre Corneille

The worst of all states is the people's state.

Pierre Corneille