When we conquer without danger our triumph is without glory.

Pierre Corneille in Le Cid (1637)
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When we conquer without danger our triumph is without glory.

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They who overcome their desires once can overcome them always.

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It is a crime against the State to be powerful enough to commit one.

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

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

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As great as kings may be, they are what we are: they can err like other men.

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

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Deceit is the game of petty spirits, and that is by nature a woman's quality.

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Oh, how sweet it is to pity the fate of an enemy who can no longer threaten us!

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