Occupation: Dramatist Birth: June 6, 1606 Death: October 1, 1684
It is the crime not the scaffold which is the disgrace..
He on whom heaven confers a sceptre knows not the weight till he bears it..
Just vengeance does not call for punishment..
Be it only for a day, it is still a glory without equal to be master of the world just that day..
I have deserved neither so much honor or so much disgrace..
To myself alone do I owe my fame. [Fr., Je ne dois qu'a moi seul toute ma renommee.].
Happiness is meant to be shared..
As great as kings may be, they are what we are: they can err like other men..
These flattering mirrors reflect imperfectly what is within; the countenance is often a gay deceiver. What defects of mind lie hidden under its beaut….
A liar is always lavish of oaths..
Obedience is a hard profession..
I can be forced to live without happiness, but I will never consent to live without honor..
How delicious is pleasure after torment!.
Sir, what does it matter whom I serve, so long as I am right?.
Your heart is mine; there I reign. I am content..
When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph..
I am master of myself as of the universe, so I am; so I wish to be..
Guess, if you can, and choose, if you dare. [Lat., Devine, si tu peux, et choisis, si tu l'oses.].
My sweetest hope is to lose hope.
Liberty may be of no more use Than stirring up the flame of civil wars; Then, by disorder fatal to the world, One wants no king, the other wants no e….
He who pardons easily invites offense..