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I can be forced to live without happiness, but I will never consent to live without honor.Pierre Corneille
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A liar is always lavish of oaths.Pierre Corneille
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The fire which seems extinguished often slumbers beneath the ashes.Pierre Corneille
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The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.Pierre Corneille
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To win without risk is to triumph without glory.Pierre Corneille
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I don't know how to defend myself: surprised innocence cannot imagine being under suspicion.Pierre Corneille
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Among wellborn spirits courage does not depend on age.Pierre Corneille
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We never enjoy perfect happiness our most fortunate successes are mingled with sadness some anxieties always perplex the reality of our satisfaction.Pierre Corneille
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Time is a great manager: it arranges things well.Pierre Corneille
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Ambition having reached the summit longs to descend.Pierre Corneille
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To conquer without risk is to triumph without glory.Pierre Corneille
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Self-love is the source of all our other loves.Pierre Corneille
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To die for one's country is such a worthy fate that all compete for so beautiful a death.Pierre Corneille
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Each instant of life is a step toward death.Pierre Corneille
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Oh rage! Oh despair! Oh age, my enemy!Pierre Corneille
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We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness.Pierre Corneille
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Happiness seems made to be shared.Pierre Corneille
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A true king is neither husband nor father he considers his throne and nothing else.Pierre Corneille
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Every man of courage is a man of his word.Pierre Corneille
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The greater the effort, the greater the glory.Pierre Corneille
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One often calms one's grief by recounting it.Pierre Corneille
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We never taste a perfect joy our happiest successes are mixed with sadness.Pierre Corneille