“He on whom heaven confers a sceptre knows not the weight till he bears it.” KnowsHeavenBearsKingsWeight Author:Pierre Corneille
“Heaven often regulates effects by their causes, and pays the wicked what they have deserved.” HeavenCausesPayEffectsWickedRetribution Author:Pierre Corneille
“When a woman has the gift of silence she possesses a quality above the vulgar. It is a gift of Heaven seldom bestowed; without a little miracle it cannot be accomplished; and Nature suffers violence when Heaven puts a woman in the humor of observing silence.” LittlesSufferingHeavenSilenceQualityViolenceMiracleAccomplishedVulgarObserving Author:Pierre Corneille
“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 owe them some recognition: that they arise the stronger the more they are beaten down is hardly the result of common virtues.” HumansChristianHeavenResultsCommonChristianityVirtueStrongerAriseRecognitionInnocenceVainBeatenPersecution Author:Pierre Corneille
“Heaven absolves all crimes committed to gain a throne Once Heaven gives it to us.” GivingHeavenCrimeGainsCommittedThrones Author:Pierre Corneille
