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A good memory is needed after one has lied.

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Do your duty and leave the rest to heaven.

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Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not.

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Severity is allowable where gentleness has no effect.

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Brave men are brave from the very first.

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One ought to have a good memory when he has told a lie.

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When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.

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How delicious is pleasure after torment!

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Clemency is the noblest trait which can reveal a true monarch to the world.

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Flee an enemy who knows your weakness.

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Dramatist

Born: June 6th, 1606

Died: October 1st, 1684

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