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    Treachery is noble when aimed at tyranny.

    Tyranny | Noble | Treachery


    They who overcome their desires once can overcome them always.

    Overcome | Desires


    In recounting our woes, we often soothe them.

    Recounting | Soothe | Woes


    I don't know how to defend myself: surprised innocence cannot imagine being under suspicion.

    Innocence | Imagine | Defend


    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.

    Destiny | Mirror | Past


    To vanquish without peril is to triumph without glory.

    Glory | Triumph | Peril


    It takes good memory to keep up a lie.

    Good | Memory | Lie


    This dark brightness that falls from the stars.

    Stars | Dark | Brightness


    How delicious is pleasure after torment!

    Pleasure | Torment | Delicious


    To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred.

    Revenge | Hatred | Crown


    To he who avenges a father, nothing is impossible.

    Father | Impossible


    We never taste a perfect joy; our happiest successes are mixed with sadness.

    Sad | Joy | Sadness


    A true king is neither husband nor father; he considers his throne and nothing else.

    Power | Father | King


    To win without risk is to triumph without glory.

    Wisdom | Risk | Win


    Happiness seems made to be shared.

    Happiness | Seems | Shared


    He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be.

    Himself | Insulted | Deserves


    As great as kings may be, they are what we are: they can err like other men.

    Great | Men | Kings


    We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness.

    Sad | Happiness | Sadness


    When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.

    Fight | Glory | Triumph


    Self-love is the source of all our other loves.

    Love | Source | Loves


       

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