Occupation: Dramatist Birth: June 6, 1606 Death: October 1, 1684
One often calms one's grief by recounting it..
We never taste a perfect joy; our happiest successes are mixed with sadness..
He who is hated by all can not expect to live long..
He who plays advisor is no longer ambassador..
Rome alone can resist Rome..
Self-love is the source of all our other loves..
The manner of giving is worth more than the gift..
When the patient loves his disease, how unwilling he is to allow a remedy to be applied..
As our self-interests differ, so do our feelings..
Patience and time conquer all things..
The greater the effort, the greater the glory..
Each instant of life is a step toward death..
In the service of Caesar, everything is legitimate..
Severity is allowable where gentleness has no effect..
This dark brightness that falls from the stars..
One ought to have a good memory when he has told a lie.
It takes good memory to keep up a lie.
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..
I am young, it is true; but in noble souls valor does not wait for years..
Ambition displeases when it has been sated ... having reached the peak, it aspires to descend..