French dramatist and poet, was born at Rouen, in the rue de la Pie, on the 6th of June 1606.
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After having won a scepter, few are so generous as to disdain the pleasures of ruling. Go to Quote / Comment
The fate of the State decides theirs: clauses of treaties determine their affections. Go to Quote / Comment
Master of the universe but not of myself, I am the only rebel against my absolute power. Go to Quote / Comment
Love is the extra effort we make in our dealings with those whom we do not like and once you understand that, you understand all. This idea that love overtakes you is nonsense. This is but a polite manifestation of sex. To love another you have to undertake some fragment of their destiny. Go to Quote / Comment
It is the crime not the scaffold which is the disgrace. Go to Quote / Comment