Occupation: Dramatist Birth: June 6, 1606 Death: October 1, 1684
It is an imprudence common to kings to listen to too much advice and to err in their choice..
Generosity is the accompaniment of high birth; pity and gratitude are its attendants..
A true king is neither husband nor father; he considers his throne and nothing else..
Your Christians, whom one persecutes in vain, have something in them that surpasses the human. They lead a life of such innocence,that the heavens ow….
Every brave man is a man of his word; to such base vices he cannot stoop, and shuns more than death the shame of lying..
An example is often a deceptive mirror, and the order of destiny, so troubling to our thoughts, is not always found written in things past.
To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred..
My reason, it's true, controls my feelings, but whatever its authority, it doesn't rule them so much as tyrannize them..
He who forgives readily only invites offense..
Happiness seems made to be shared..
To myself alone do I owe my fame..
Happiness seems made to be shared. [Fr., Le bonheur semble fait pour etre partage.].
Who is all-powerful should fear everything..
Brave men are brave from the very first..
Peace is produced by war..
Doubt, but still hate!.
It is a crime against the State to be powerful enough to commit one..
Every man of courage is a man of his word..
After having won a scepter, few are so generous as to disdain the pleasures of ruling..
Brave men are brave from the very first. [Fr., Les hommes valeureux le sont au premier coup.].
The people you killed seem to be in excellent health..