One half of my life has put the other half in the grave.
La moitié de ma vie a mis l’autre au tombeau.
Original text (French)
Notes from Wikiquote
Chimène, act III, scene iii.
Original text (French)
As great as kings may be, they are what we are: they can err like other men.
Oh, how sweet it is to pity the fate of an enemy, when we have no longer anything to fear from him!
He who is insulted has a right to be outraged, as unpunished audacity only increases!
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