Pierre Corneille Quotes

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• The greater the effort, the greater the glory.

  Pierre Corneille

  Perseverance, Work, Effort

  "Character: Pauline". "Polyeucte" by Pierre Corneille, act IV, scene v, 1642.

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• When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.

  Pierre Corneille

  Motivational, Success, Fighting

  'Le Cid' (1637) act 2, sc. 2

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

  Pierre Corneille

  Love Is, Self, Romance

  "Titus and Berenice". Play by Pierre Corneille, 1670.

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• Love is a tyrant sparing none.

  Pierre Corneille

  Love, Love Is, Tyrants

  "Le Cid". Book by Pierre Corneille, act I, scene ii, 1636.

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• I can be forced to live without happiness, but I will never consent to live without honor.

  Pierre Corneille

  Honor, Consent, I Can

  "Le Cid". Tragicomedy by Pierre Corneille (Act II, Scene I), December 1636.

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• One half of my life has put the other half in the grave.

  Pierre Corneille

  Half, Other Half, Graves

  "Le Cid". Book by Pierre Corneille, act III, scene iii, 1636.

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• Danger breeds best on too much confidence.

  Pierre Corneille

  Confidence, Too Much, Danger

  "Le Cid". Book by Pierre Corneille, 1636.

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• Guess if you can, choose if you dare.

  Pierre Corneille

  Dare, Ifs

  "Character: Léontine". "Héraclius" by Pierre Corneille, act IV, scene IV, 1647.

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• He who can live in infamy is unworthy of life.

  Pierre Corneille

  Infamy, Unworthy

  "Le Cid". Book by Pierre Corneille, act I, scene V, 1636.

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• When the patient loves his disease, how unwilling he is to allow a remedy to be applied.

  Pierre Corneille

  Disease, Patient, Remedy

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• A liar is always lavish of oaths.

  Pierre Corneille

  Liars, Lying, Deceit

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Le Menteur, III. 5, p. 485-87, 1922.

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• To he who avenges a father, nothing is impossible

  Pierre Corneille

  Father, Impossible, Nothing Is Impossible

  "Le Cid". Play by Pierre Corneille, act II, scene ii, 1636.

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• The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

  Pierre Corneille

  Birthday, Christmas, Giving

  "The Liar". Play by Pierre Corneille, 1643.

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• Ambition becomes displeasing when it is once satiated; there is a reaction; and as our spirit, till our last sigh, is always aiming toward some object, it falls back on itself, having nothing else on which to rest; and having reached the summit, it longs to descend.

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  Fall, Ambition, Lasts

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• A good memory is needed after one has lied.

  Pierre Corneille

  Memories, Good Memories, Lied

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• Let us attend to the present, and as to the future we shall know how to manage when the occasion arrives.

  Pierre Corneille

  Know How, Occasions, Knows

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• Deceit is the game of petty spirits, and that is by nature a woman's quality.

  Pierre Corneille

  Lying, Games, Hype

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• He who has resolved to conquer or die is seldom conquered; such noble despair perishes with difficulty.

  Pierre Corneille

  Despair, Noble, Conquer

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• And the combat ceased, for want of combatants.

  Pierre Corneille

  Want, Combat, Contention

  Pierre Corneille (2009). “Le Cid”, p.79, The Floating Press

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• Love lives on hope, and dies when hope is dead; It is a flame which sinks for lack of fuel.

  Pierre Corneille

  Love, Hope, Flames

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• He who does not fear death cares naught for threats.

  Pierre Corneille

  Doe, Care, Fear Of Death

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Le CId, II. 1, 1922.

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• We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger.

  Pierre Corneille

  Learning, Triumph, Conquer

  "Le Cid". Book by Pierre Corneille, 1636.

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• Do your duty and leave the rest to heaven.

  Pierre Corneille

  Heaven, Duty And Honor, Duty

  "Horace". Book by Pierre Corneille, act II, scene viii, 1639.

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• To win without risk is to triumph without glory.

  Pierre Corneille

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

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• Patience and time conquer all things.

  Pierre Corneille

  Endurance, Conquer, All Things

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