Pierre Corneille Quotes - Page 7

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• In recounting our woes, we often soothe them.

  Pierre Corneille

  Woe

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• Among wellborn spirits courage does not depend on age.

  Pierre Corneille

  Age, Doe, Spirit

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• To myself alone do I owe my fame.
  [Fr., Je ne dois qu'a moi seul toute ma renommee.]

  Pierre Corneille

  Fame

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• Guess, if you can, and choose, if you dare.
  [Lat., Devine, si tu peux, et choisis, si tu l'oses.]

  Pierre Corneille

  Dare, Ifs

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• When obedience is so impious, revolt is a necessity.

  Pierre Corneille

  Rebellion, Obedience, Piety

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• I believe everything to be just when a king ordains it.

  Pierre Corneille

  Kings, Believe, Justice

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• I would not like a king who could obey.

  Pierre Corneille

  Kings

  "Character: Laodice". "Nicomède" by Pierre Corneille, act III, scene ii, 1651.

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• Your arm is unvanquished, but not invincible.

  Pierre Corneille

  Victory, Arms, Invincible

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• It is only blood that can wash away such an outrage; die or kill.

  Pierre Corneille

  Revenge, Blood, Outrage

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• Clemency is the surest proof of a true monarch.
  [Fr., La clemence est la plus belle marque
  Qui fasse a l'univers connaitre un vrai monqrque.]

  Pierre Corneille

  Royalty, Proof, Clemency

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• He should be envied Who when his strength is spent lays down his life. Old age reserves a melancholy fate For noble souls before their life is done.

  Pierre Corneille

  Fate, Soul, Age

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• He on whom heaven confers a sceptre knows not the weight till he bears it.

  Pierre Corneille

  Kings, Heaven, Weight

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• It is the gift of heaven and not of reason.

  Pierre Corneille

  Heaven, Grace, Divinity

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• Rome, if you do not wish me to betray you, make enemies that I can hate!

  Pierre Corneille

  Betrayal, Hate, Rome

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