Pierre Corneille Quotes

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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 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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• 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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• He who fears not death fears not a threat.

  Pierre Corneille

  Threat, Fear Not

  Pierre Corneille (2009). “Le Cid”, p.28, The Floating Press

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• Patience and time conquer all things.

  Pierre Corneille

  Endurance, Conquer, All Things

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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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• 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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• Each instant of life is a step toward death.

  Pierre Corneille

  Life, Inspire, Steps

  "Tite et Bérénice". Book by Pierre Corneille, act V, scene I, 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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• 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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• Danger breeds best on too much confidence.

  Pierre Corneille

  Confidence, Too Much, Danger

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

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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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• 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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• 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

  Past, Destiny, Mirrors

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

  Pierre Corneille

  Giving, Matter

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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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• A good memory is needed after one has lied.

  Pierre Corneille

  Memories, Good Memories, Lied

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• Brave men are brave from the very first.

  Pierre Corneille

  Men, Bravery, Firsts

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Le Cid, II. 3, 1922.

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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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