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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• 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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• 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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• All great virtues become great men.

  Pierre Corneille

  Men, Virtue, Great Men

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• As for our gods, we have a few too many to be true.

  Pierre Corneille

  God, Religion, Polytheism

  "Polyeucte martyr". Play by Pierre Corneille (Act IV, Scene VI), 1642.

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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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• 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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• Time is a great manager: it arranges things well.

  Pierre Corneille

  Great Men, Wells, Great Managers

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• Obedience is a hard profession.

  Pierre Corneille

  Obedience, Profession, Hard

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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.]

  Pierre Corneille

  Insult, Increase, Outrage

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• Whoever can do as he pleases, commands when he entreats.

  Pierre Corneille

  Power, Command, Please

  "Sertorius". Book by Pierre Corneille, 1662.

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• He who is hated by all can not expect to live long.

  Pierre Corneille

  Long, Hated, Can Not

  "Cinna". Book by Pierre Corneille, 1641.

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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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• 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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• By speaking of our misfortunes we often relieve them.
  [Fr., A raconter ses maux souvent on les soulage.]

  Pierre Corneille

  Misfortunes

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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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• There are secret ties, there are sympathies, by the sweet relationship of which souls that are well matched attach themselves to each other, and are affected by I know not what, which cannot be explained

  Pierre Corneille

  Sympathy, Sweet, Ties

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• He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be.

  Pierre Corneille

  Insulted Him, Insolence, Deserve

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• Happiness seems made to be shared.

  Pierre Corneille

  Happiness, Happy, Laughter

  "Notes par Rochefoucauld", as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 350-52,

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• He who forgives readily only invites offense.

  Pierre Corneille

  Forgiveness, Forgiving, Offense

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Cinna, IV. 4, 1922.

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• I see, I know, I believe, I am undeceived.

  Pierre Corneille

  Believe, I Believe, Knows

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• What destroys one man preserves another.

  Pierre Corneille

  Men, Preserves, One Man

  Pierre Corneille (2015). “Chief Plays of Corneille”, p.176, Princeton University Press

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• One is often guilty by being too just.

  Pierre Corneille

  Guilty

  "La Mort de Pompée". Book by Pierre Corneille, Photin, act I, scene I, 1642.

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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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• If you betray me, can I take a better revenge than to love the person you hate?

  Pierre Corneille

  Love, Revenge, Hate

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