Maxioms by Pierre Corneille
And the combat ceased, for want of combatants.
[Fr., Et le combat cessa, faute de combattants.]
And the combat ceased, for want of combatants.
[Fr., Et le combat cessa, faute de combattants.]
Guess if you can, choose if you dare.
Guess if you can, choose if you dare.
He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be so; and
insolence, if unpunished, increases!
[Lat., Qui read more
He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be so; and
insolence, if unpunished, increases!
[Lat., Qui se laisse outrager, merite qu'on l'outrage
Et l'audace impunie enfle trop un courage.]
All evils are equal when they are extreme.
[Fr., Et tous maux sont pareils alors qu'ils sont extremes.]
All evils are equal when they are extreme.
[Fr., Et tous maux sont pareils alors qu'ils sont extremes.]
Just vengeance does not call for punishment.
Just vengeance does not call for punishment.