Pierre Corneille Quotes

Best Quotes by Pierre Corneille (Top 10)

A liar is always lavish of oaths.
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The greater the effort, the greater the glory.
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The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.
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I can be forced to live without happiness, but I will never consent to live without honor.
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Self-love is the source of all our other loves.
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To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
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When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.
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Deceit is the game of petty spirits, and that is by nature a woman's quality.
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Love lives on hope, and dies when hope is dead; It is a flame which sinks for lack of fuel.
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We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness.
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He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be.
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Time is a great manager: it arranges things well.
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Happiness seems made to be shared.
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One is often guilty by being too just.
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He who pardons easily invites offense.
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By speaking of our misfortunes we often relieve them. [Fr., A raconter ses maux souvent on les soulage.]
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Do your duty and leave the rest to heaven.
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He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be so; and insolence, if unpunished, increases! [Lat., Qui se laisse outrager, merite qu'on l'outrage Et l'audace impunie enfle trop un courage.]
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Just vengeance does not call for punishment.
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A first impulse was never a crime.
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Love is a tyrant sparing none.
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Guess if you can, choose if you dare.
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One often calms one's grief by recounting it.
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Desire increases when fulfillment is postponed.
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