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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.] - Cinna (V, 3) [Friends] The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame. [Fr., Le crime fait la honte et non pas l'echafaud.] - Essex (IV, 3) [Crime] Severity is allowable where gentleness has no effect. [Fr., La violence est juste ou la douceur est vaine.] - Heraclius (I, 1) [Gentleness] 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.] - Heraclius (I, 2) [Insult] Tyrant, step from the throne, and give place to thy master. [Fr., Tyran, descends du trone et fais place a ton maitre.] - Heraclius (I, 2) [Tyrants] Guess, if you can, and choose, if you dare. [Lat., Devine, si tu peux, et choisis, si tu l'oses.] - Heraclius (IV, 4) [Choice] All evils are equal when they are extreme. [Fr., Et tous maux sont pareils alors qu'ils sont extremes.] - Horace (III, 4) [Evil] To myself alone do I owe my fame. [Fr., Je ne dois qu'a moi seul toute ma renommee.] - L'Excuse a Ariste [Fame] He who does not fear death cares naught for threats. [Lat., Qui ne craint point la mort ne craint point les menaces.] - Le Cid (II, 1) [Death] We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger. [Fr., A vaincre sans peril on triomphe sans gloire.] - Le Cid (II, 2) [Conquest] Brave men are brave from the very first. [Fr., Les hommes valeureux le sont au premier coup.] - Le Cid (II, 3) [Bravery] And the combat ceased, for want of combatants. [Fr., Et le combat cessa, faute de combattants.] - Le Cid (IV, 3) [Contention] A good memory is needed once we have lied. [Fr., Il faut bonne memoire apres qu'on a menti.] - Le Menteur (IV, 5) [Lying] A liar is always lavish of oaths. [Fr., Un menteur est toujours prodigue de serments.] - Le Menteur (IV, 5) [Lying] All great virtues become great men. [Fr., Toutes grandes vertus conviennent aux grands hommes.] - Notes de Corneille par La Rochefoucauld [Virtue] Happiness seems made to be shared. [Fr., Le bonheur semble fait pour etre partage.] - Notes par Rochefoucauld [Happiness] By speaking of our misfortunes we often relieve them. [Fr., A raconter ses maux souvent on les soulage.] - Polyeucte (I, 3) [Misfortune] Here honor binds me, and I wish to satisfy it. [Lat., Ici l'honneur m'oblige, et j'y veux satisfaire.] - Polyeucte (IV, 3) [Honor] Whoever can do as he pleases, commands when he entreats. [Fr., Qui peut ce qui lui plait, commande alors qu'il prie.] - Sertorius (IV, 2) [Power] Displaying page 2 of 2 for this author: << Prev 1 [2]
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