Pierre Corneille

Clemency is the surest proof of a true monarch.
[Fr., La clemence est la plus belle marque
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Clemency is the surest proof of a true monarch.
[Fr., La clemence est la plus belle marque
Qui fasse a l'univers connaitre un vrai monqrque.]

Let us be friends, Cinna, it is I who invite you to be so.
[Fr., Soyons amis, Cinna, c'est read more

Let us be friends, Cinna, it is I who invite you to be so.
[Fr., Soyons amis, Cinna, c'est moi qui t'en convie.]

Love lives on hope, and dies when hope is dead; It is a flame which sinks for lack of fuel.

Love lives on hope, and dies when hope is dead; It is a flame which sinks for lack of fuel.

Whoever can do as he pleases, commands when he entreats.
[Fr., Qui peut ce qui lui plait, commande alors read more

Whoever can do as he pleases, commands when he entreats.
[Fr., Qui peut ce qui lui plait, commande alors qu'il prie.]

We read that we ought to forgive our enemies; but we do not read
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We read that we ought to forgive our enemies; but we do not read
that we ought to forgive our friends.