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I would not like a king who could obey.

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I see, I know, I believe, I am undeceived.

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Brave men are brave from the very first.

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This dark brightness that falls from the stars.

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I don't know how to defend myself: surprised innocence cannot imagine being under suspicion.

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The subject of a good tragedy must not be realistic.

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Deceit is the game of petty spirits, and that is by nature a woman's quality.

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Each instant of life is a step toward death.

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He who pardons easily invites offense.

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As great as kings may be, they are what we are: they can err like other men.

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The greater the effort, the greater the glory.

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Oh, how sweet it is to pity the fate of an enemy who can no longer threaten us!

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He who does not fear death cares naught for threats.

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Love is a tyrant sparing none.

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He who is hated by all can not expect to live long.

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Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not.

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He who can live in infamy is unworthy of life.

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A true king is neither husband nor father; he considers his throne and nothing else.

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In the service of Caesar, everything is legitimate.

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It matters more how one gives than what one gives.

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It takes good memory to keep up a lie.

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Do your duty and leave the rest to heaven.

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In recounting our woes, we often soothe them.

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He who forgives readily only invites offense.

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Oh rage! Oh despair! Oh age, my enemy!

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They who overcome their desires once can overcome them always.

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A good memory is needed after one has lied.

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True, I am young, but for souls nobly born valor doesn't await the passing of years.

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Master of the universe but not of myself, I am the only rebel against my absolute power.

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Ambition aspires to descend.

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