French - Dramatist | June 6, 1606 - October 1, 1684
He who plays advisor is no longer ambassador.
Pierre Corneille
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Brave men are brave from the very first.
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The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.
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To he who avenges a father, nothing is impossible.
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A true king is neither husband nor father; he considers his throne and nothing else.
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It takes good memory to keep up a lie.
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He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be.
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Just vengeance does not call for punishment.
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When the patient loves his disease, how unwilling he is to allow a remedy to be applied.
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Desire increases when fulfillment is postponed.
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Clemency is the noblest trait which can reveal a true monarch to the world.
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Every man of courage is a man of his word.
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