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One half of my life has put the other half in the grave.

~Pierre Corneille

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My reason, it's true, controls my feelings, but whatever its authority, it doesn't rule them so much as tyrannize them.

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One is often guilty by being too just.

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They who overcome their desires once can overcome them always.

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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.

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He who pardons easily invites offense.

~Pierre Corneille

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Each instant of life is a step toward death.

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In recounting our woes, we often soothe them.

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In the service of Caesar, everything is legitimate.

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To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred.

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Dramatist

Born: June 6th, 1606

Died: October 1st, 1684

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