Pierre Corneille Quotes

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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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• The fire which seems extinguished often slumbers beneath the ashes.

  Pierre Corneille

  Fire, Ashes, Slumber

  "Rodogune". Book by Pierre Corneille, 1644.

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• Those who easily forgive invite offenses.

  Pierre Corneille

  Forgiving, Offense, Invites

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• Patience and time conquer all things.

  Pierre Corneille

  Endurance, Conquer, All Things

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• Happiness seems made to be shared.
  [Fr., Le bonheur semble fait pour etre partage.]

  Pierre Corneille

  Happiness, Made, Seems

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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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• Those who resolve to conquer or die, are rarely conquered.

  Pierre Corneille

  Conquer, Resolution, Resolve

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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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• 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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• 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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• It matters more how one gives than what one gives

  Pierre Corneille

  Giving, Matter

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• Desire increases when fulfillment is postponed.

  Pierre Corneille

  Desire, Increase, Fulfillment

  "Polyeucte". Play by Pierre Corneille, act I, scene i, 1642.

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• Treachery is noble when aimed at tyranny.

  Pierre Corneille

  Tyrants, Noble, Tyranny

  "Character: Émilie". "Cinna" by Pierre Corneille, act III, scene iv, 1641.

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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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• It is hard to hate what one has loved, and a half-extinguished fire is soon relit.

  Pierre Corneille

  Love, Hate, Fire

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• Every brave man is a man of his word; to such base vices he cannot stoop, and shuns more than death the shame of lying.

  Pierre Corneille

  Lying, Men, Brave

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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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• Just as We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness. So too we never taste sadness completely, as things could always be worse in some way and for this we can be grateful.

  Pierre Corneille

  Gratitude, Grateful, Sadness

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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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• To win without risk is to triumph without glory.

  Pierre Corneille

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

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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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