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He who allows me to rule is in fact my master.
Pierre Corneille
Fact
He who can live in infamy is unworthy of life.
Pierre Corneille
Life
Unworthy
I have deserved neither so much honor or so much disgrace.
Pierre Corneille
Disgrace
Honor
He who fears not death fears not a threat.
Pierre Corneille
Death
Happiness seems made to be shared.
Pierre Corneille
Happiness
How delicious is pleasure after torment!
Pierre Corneille
Pleasure
Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not.
Pierre Corneille
Force
I don't know how to defend myself: surprised innocence cannot imagine being under suspicion.
Pierre Corneille
Being
Innocence
Suspicion
Danger breeds best on too much confidence.
Pierre Corneille
Confidence
Danger
In the service of Caesar, everything is legitimate.
Pierre Corneille
Service
I can be forced to live without happiness, but I will never consent to live without honor.
Pierre Corneille
Happiness
Honor
Will
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
Thoughts
Destiny
Example
Order
Past
It is a crime against the State to be powerful enough to commit one.
Pierre Corneille
Crime
State
A first impulse was never a crime.
Pierre Corneille
Crime
First
A good memory is needed after one has lied.
Pierre Corneille
Memory