"Do your duty and leave the rest to heaven."

Corneille, Pierre on Duty
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"All evils are equal when they are extreme."

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"Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not."

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"Those who easily forgive invite offenses."

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"The manner of giving is worth more than the gift."

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"One often calms one's grief by recounting it."

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"Happiness seems made to be shared."

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"I have deserved neither so much honor or so much disgrace."

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"A liar is full of oaths."

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"Love is a tyrant sparing none."

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"Peace is produced by war."

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"We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness."

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"It is the crime not the scaffold which is the disgrace."

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"Just vengeance does not call for punishment."

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"To win without risk is to triumph without glory."

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"A Victory without danger is a triumph without glory."

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"Danger breeds best on too much confidence."

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"We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger."

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"To conquer without danger is to conquer without glory."

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