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Tite et Bérénice

Tite et Bérénice is a heroic comedy by the 17th-century French playwright Pierre Corneille.


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“They who overcome their desires once can overcome them always.”

Qui se vainc une fois peut se vaincre toujours.
Domitien, act II, scene ii.
Tite et Bérénice (Titus and Berenice) (1670)

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“If you betray me, can I take a better revenge
Than to love the person you hate?”

Me puis-je mieux venger, si vous me trahissez,
Que d'aimer à vos yeux ce que vous haïssez?
Domitien, act IV, scene iii.
Tite et Bérénice (Titus and Berenice) (1670)

Pierre Corneille photo

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

L'amour-propre est la source en nous de tous les autres.
Albin, act I, scene iii.
Tite et Bérénice (Titus and Berenice) (1670)

Pierre Corneille photo

“A monarch must sometimes rule even himself:
He who wants everything must risk very little.”

Un monarque a souvent des lois à s'imposer;
Et qui veut pouvoir tout ne doit pas tout oser.
Tite, act IV, scene v.
Tite et Bérénice (Titus and Berenice) (1670)

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