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Pierre Corneille quotes: I am master of myself as of the universe, so I am; so I wish to be. I am master of myself as of the universe, so I am; so I wish to be.
Pierre Corneille quotes: Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not. Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not.
Pierre Corneille quotes: A liar is full of oaths. A liar is full of oaths.
Pierre Corneille quotes: When the patient loves his disease, how unwilling he is to allow a remedy to be applied. When the patient loves his disease, how unwilling he is to allow a remedy to be applied.
Pierre Corneille quotes: He should be envied Who when his strength is spent lays down his life. Old age reserves a melancholy fate For noble souls before their life is done. He should be envied Who when his strength is spent lays down his life. Old age reserves a melancholy fate For noble souls before their life is done.
Pierre Corneille quotes: Reason and love are sworn enemies. Reason and love are sworn enemies.
Pierre Corneille quotes: I don't know how to defend myself: surprised innocence cannot imagine being under suspicion. I don't know how to defend myself: surprised innocence cannot imagine being under suspicion.
Pierre Corneille quotes: Love lives on hope, and dies when hope is dead;It is a flame which sinks for lack of fuel. Love lives on hope, and dies when hope is dead;
It is a flame which sinks for lack of fuel.
Pierre Corneille quotes: Good fortune leads one to the highest glory, But to renounce it calls for equal courage. Good fortune leads one to the highest glory, But to renounce it calls for equal courage.
Pierre Corneille quotes: My reason, it's true, controls my feelings, but whatever its authority, it doesn't rule them so much as tyrannize them. My reason, it's true, controls my feelings, but whatever its authority, it doesn't rule them so much as tyrannize them.
Pierre Corneille quotes: We read that we ought to forgive our enemies; but we do not read that we ought to forgive our friends. We read that we ought to forgive our enemies; but we do not read that we ought to forgive our friends.
Pierre Corneille quotes: Flee an enemy who knows your weakness. Flee an enemy who knows your weakness.
Pierre Corneille quotes: When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph. When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.
Pierre Corneille quotes: I would tell you I love you, Sir, if I knew what it was to love. I would tell you I love you, Sir, if I knew what it was to love.
Pierre Corneille quotes: Ambition aspires to descend. Ambition aspires to descend.
Pierre Corneille quotes: One ought to have a good memory when he has told a lie. One ought to have a good memory when he has told a lie.
Pierre Corneille quotes: Guess if you can, choose if you dare. Guess if you can, choose if you dare.
Pierre Corneille quotes: My sweetest hope is to lose hope. My sweetest hope is to lose hope.
Pierre Corneille quotes: 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. 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.
Pierre Corneille quotes: As great as kings may be, they are what we are: they can err like other men. As great as kings may be, they are what we are: they can err like other men.
Pierre Corneille quotes: It is hard to hate what one has loved, and a half-extinguished fire is soon relit. It is hard to hate what one has loved, and a half-extinguished fire is soon relit.
Pierre Corneille quotes: A good memory is needed after one has lied. A good memory is needed after one has lied.
Pierre Corneille quotes: A true king is neither husband nor father; he considers his throne and nothing else. A true king is neither husband nor father; he considers his throne and nothing else.
Pierre Corneille quotes: Each instant of life is a step toward death. Each instant of life is a step toward death.
Pierre Corneille quotes: It is the crime not the scaffold which is the disgrace. It is the crime not the scaffold which is the disgrace.
Pierre Corneille quotes: Guess, if you can, and choose, if you dare. Guess, if you can, and choose, if you dare.
Pierre Corneille quotes: Severity is allowable where gentleness has no effect. Severity is allowable where gentleness has no effect.
Pierre Corneille quotes: He who fears not death fears not a threat. He who fears not death fears not a threat.
Pierre Corneille quotes: After having won a scepter, few are so generous as to disdain the pleasures of ruling. After having won a scepter, few are so generous as to disdain the pleasures of ruling.
Pierre Corneille quotes: He who despises life is his life's master. He who despises life is his life's master.
Pierre Corneille quotes: Who is all-powerful should fear everything. Who is all-powerful should fear everything.
Pierre Corneille quotes: Generosity is the accompaniment of high birth; pity and gratitude are its attendants. Generosity is the accompaniment of high birth; pity and gratitude are its attendants.
Pierre Corneille quotes: I am Roman, alas, because Horace is Roman. I am Roman, alas, because Horace is Roman.
Pierre Corneille quotes: I see, I know, I believe, I am undeceived. I see, I know, I believe, I am undeceived.
Pierre Corneille quotes: Desire increases when fulfillment is postponed. Desire increases when fulfillment is postponed.
Pierre Corneille quotes: We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger. We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger.
Pierre Corneille quotes: Just vengeance does not call for punishment. Just vengeance does not call for punishment.
Pierre Corneille quotes: The king, just and prudent, wants only those things which he can get. The king, just and prudent, wants only those things which he can get.
Pierre Corneille quotes: A first impulse was never a crime. A first impulse was never a crime.
Pierre Corneille quotes: I love you much less than my God, but much more than myself. I love you much less than my God, but much more than myself.
Pierre Corneille quotes: The manner of giving is worth more than the gift. The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.
Pierre Corneille quotes: As for our gods, we have a few too many to be true. As for our gods, we have a few too many to be true.
Pierre Corneille quotes: Those who easily forgive invite offenses. Those who easily forgive invite offenses.
Pierre Corneille quotes: He who forgives readily only invites offense. He who forgives readily only invites offense.
Pierre Corneille quotes: A good memory is needed once we have lied.[Fr., Il faut bonne memoire apres qu'on a menti.] A good memory is needed once we have lied.
[Fr., Il faut bonne memoire apres qu'on a menti.]
Pierre Corneille quotes: One half of my life has put the other half in the grave. One half of my life has put the other half in the grave.
Pierre Corneille quotes: Ambition, having reached the summit, longs to descend. Ambition, having reached the summit, longs to descend.
Pierre Corneille quotes: He who plays advisor is no longer ambassador. He who plays advisor is no longer ambassador.
Pierre Corneille quotes: Oh, how sweet it is to pity the fate of an enemy who can no longer threaten us! Oh, how sweet it is to pity the fate of an enemy who can no longer threaten us!
Pierre Corneille quotes: To myself alone do I owe my fame. To myself alone do I owe my fame.
Pierre Corneille quotes: Obedience is a hard profession. Obedience is a hard profession.
Pierre Corneille quotes: He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be. He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be.
Pierre Corneille quotes: A Victory without danger is a triumph without glory. A Victory without danger is a triumph without glory.
Pierre Corneille quotes: Sir, what does it matter whom I serve, so long as I am right? Sir, what does it matter whom I serve, so long as I am right?
Pierre Corneille quotes: To he who avenges a father, nothing is impossible. To he who avenges a father, nothing is impossible.
Pierre Corneille quotes: Love is a tyrant sparing none. Love is a tyrant sparing none.
Pierre Corneille quotes: Danger breeds best on too much confidence. Danger breeds best on too much confidence.
Pierre Corneille quotes: Ah, though a Roman, I am not less a man. Ah, though a Roman, I am not less a man.
Pierre Corneille quotes: Heaven absolves all crimes committed to gain a throne Once Heaven gives it to us. Heaven absolves all crimes committed to gain a throne Once Heaven gives it to us.
Pierre Corneille quotes: Every man of courage is a man of his word. Every man of courage is a man of his word.
Pierre Corneille quotes: Oh rage! Oh despair! Oh age, my enemy! Oh rage! Oh despair! Oh age, my enemy!
Pierre Corneille quotes: Treachery is noble when aimed at tyranny. Treachery is noble when aimed at tyranny.
Pierre Corneille quotes: When obedience is so impious, revolt is a necessity. When obedience is so impious, revolt is a necessity.
Pierre Corneille quotes: Among wellborn spirits courage does not depend on age. Among wellborn spirits courage does not depend on age.
Pierre Corneille quotes: Time is a great manager: it arranges things well. Time is a great manager: it arranges things well.
Pierre Corneille quotes: It is a law, of the gods which is never broken, to sell somewhat dearly the great benefits which they confer on us. It is a law, of the gods which is never broken, to sell somewhat dearly the great benefits which they confer on us.
Pierre Corneille quotes: Self-love is the source of all our other loves. Self-love is the source of all our other loves.
Pierre Corneille quotes: One doesn't wish to see those to whom one owes so much. One doesn't wish to see those to whom one owes so much.
Pierre Corneille quotes: Deceit is the game of petty spirits, and that is by nature a woman's quality. Deceit is the game of petty spirits, and that is by nature a woman's quality.
Pierre Corneille quotes: Clemency is the noblest trait which can reveal a true monarch to the world. Clemency is the noblest trait which can reveal a true monarch to the world.
Pierre Corneille quotes: If you betray me, can I take a better revenge than to love the person you hate? If you betray me, can I take a better revenge than to love the person you hate?
Pierre Corneille quotes: Your arm is unvanquished, but not invincible. Your arm is unvanquished, but not invincible.
Pierre Corneille quotes: Alas, I emerge from one disaster to fall into a worse. Alas, I emerge from one disaster to fall into a worse.
Pierre Corneille quotes: As our self-interests differ, so do our feelings. As our self-interests differ, so do our feelings.
Pierre Corneille quotes: Heaven often regulates effects by their causes, and pays the wicked what they have deserved. Heaven often regulates effects by their causes, and pays the wicked what they have deserved.
Pierre Corneille quotes: Your heart is mine; there I reign. I am content. Your heart is mine; there I reign. I am content.
Pierre Corneille quotes: It is the guilt, not the scaffold, which constitutes the shame. It is the guilt, not the scaffold, which constitutes the shame.
Pierre Corneille quotes: He who is hated by all can not expect to live long. He who is hated by all can not expect to live long.
Pierre Corneille quotes: Those who resolve to conquer or die, are rarely conquered. Those who resolve to conquer or die, are rarely conquered.
Pierre Corneille quotes: A monarch must sometimes rule even himself: he who wants everything must risk very little. A monarch must sometimes rule even himself: he who wants everything must risk very little.
Pierre Corneille quotes: Death was to be my glory, but destiny has refused it. Death was to be my glory, but destiny has refused it.
Pierre Corneille quotes: Your virtue raises your glory above your crime. Your virtue raises your glory above your crime.
Pierre Corneille quotes: The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame. The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame.
Pierre Corneille quotes: The fire which seems extinguished often slumbers beneath the ashes. The fire which seems extinguished often slumbers beneath the ashes.
Pierre Corneille quotes: The people you killed seem to be in excellent health. The people you killed seem to be in excellent health.
Pierre Corneille quotes: Happiness is meant to be shared. Happiness is meant to be shared.
Pierre Corneille quotes: I agree to, or rather aspire to, my doom. I agree to, or rather aspire to, my doom.
Pierre Corneille quotes: To vanquish without peril is to triumph without glory. To vanquish without peril is to triumph without glory.
Pierre Corneille quotes: What destroys one man preserves another. What destroys one man preserves another.
Pierre Corneille quotes: To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred. To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred.
Pierre Corneille quotes: It takes good memory to keep up a lie. It takes good memory to keep up a lie.
Pierre Corneille quotes: Do your duty and leave the rest to heaven. Do your duty and leave the rest to heaven.
Pierre Corneille quotes: All great virtues become great men. All great virtues become great men.
Pierre Corneille quotes: He who pardons easily invites offense. He who pardons easily invites offense.
Pierre Corneille quotes: Be it only for a day, it is still a glory without equal to be master of the world just that day. Be it only for a day, it is still a glory without equal to be master of the world just that day.
Pierre Corneille quotes: In relating our misfortunes, we often feel them lightened. In relating our misfortunes, we often feel them lightened.
Pierre Corneille quotes: It is the gift of heaven and not of reason. It is the gift of heaven and not of reason.
Pierre Corneille quotes: To die for one's country is such a worthy fate that all compete for so beautiful a death. To die for one's country is such a worthy fate that all compete for so beautiful a death.
Pierre Corneille quotes: Peace is produced by war. Peace is produced by war.
Pierre Corneille quotes: Omnipotence is bought with ceaseless fear. Omnipotence is bought with ceaseless fear.

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