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One ought to have a good memory when he has told a lie.
It is the crime not the scaffold which is the disgrace.
I believe everything to be just when a king ordains it.
One half of my life has put the other half in the grave.
We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger.
Whoever can do as he pleases, commands when he entreats.
In relating our misfortunes, we often feel them lightened.
Those who resolve to conquer or die, are rarely conquered.
I have deserved neither so much honor or so much disgrace.
I love you much less than my God, but much more than myself.
Sir, what does it matter whom I serve, so long as I am right?
They who overcome their desires once can overcome them always.
For souls nobly born, valor doesn't await the passing of years
It is the guilt, not the scaffold, which constitutes the shame.
I would tell you I love you, Sir, if I knew what it was to love.
It is only blood that can wash away such an outrage; die or kill.
The fire which seems extinguished often slumbers beneath the ashes.
I am master of myself as of the universe, so I am; so I wish to be.
It is a crime against the State to be powerful enough to commit one.
The king, just and prudent, wants only those things which he can get.
Kindness acts Not always as you think; a hated hand Renders it odious.
Rome, if you do not wish me to betray you, make enemies that I can hate!
I am young, it is true; but in noble souls valor does not wait for years.
He on whom heaven confers a sceptre knows not the weight till he bears it.
Clemency is the noblest trait which can reveal a true monarch to the world.
As great as kings may be, they are what we are: they can err like other men.
We never taste a perfect joy; our happiest successes are mixed with sadness.
Deceit is the game of petty spirits, and that is by nature a woman's quality.
If you betray me, can I take a better revenge than to love the person you hate?
Oh, how sweet it is to pity the fate of an enemy who can no longer threaten us!
Heaven absolves all crimes committed to gain a throne Once Heaven gives it to us.
It is hard to hate what one has loved, and a half-extinguished fire is soon relit.
Happiness seems made to be shared. [Fr., Le bonheur semble fait pour etre partage.]
If anyone wants to know what elephants are like, they are like people only more so.
True, I am young, but for souls nobly born valor doesn't await the passing of years.
A true king is neither husband nor father; he considers his throne and nothing else.
To myself alone do I owe my fame. [Fr., Je ne dois qu'a moi seul toute ma renommee.]
Generosity is the accompaniment of high birth; pity and gratitude are its attendants.
After having won a scepter, few are so generous as to disdain the pleasures of ruling.
A liar is always lavish of oaths. [Fr., Un menteur est toujours prodigue de serments.]
When the patient loves his disease, how unwilling he is to allow a remedy to be applied.
Good fortune leads one to the highest glory, But to renounce it calls for equal courage.
To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred.
Master of the universe but not of myself, I am the only rebel against my absolute power.
To die for one's country is such a worthy fate that all compete for so beautiful a death.
I can be forced to live without happiness, but I will never consent to live without honor.
A monarch must sometimes rule even himself: he who wants everything must risk very little.
Love lives on hope, and dies when hope is dead; It is a flame which sinks for lack of fuel.
Heaven often regulates effects by their causes, and pays the wicked what they have deserved.
I don't know how to defend myself: surprised innocence cannot imagine being under suspicion.