Pierre Corneille Quotes - Page 7

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• The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame.

  Pierre Corneille

  Shame, Crime

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• Doubt, but still hate!

  Pierre Corneille

  Hate, Doubt, Stills

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• The people you killed seem to be in excellent health.

  Pierre Corneille

  Death, Lying, People

  "The Liar". Play by Pierre Corneille, act IV, scene ii, 1643.

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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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• To myself alone do I owe my fame.

  Pierre Corneille

  Fame

  "L'Excuse a Ariste". Poem by Pierre Corneille,

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• Happiness is meant to be shared.

  Pierre Corneille

  Meant To Be

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• Ah, though a Roman, I am not less a man.

  Pierre Corneille

  Love, Men, Virtue

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• Ambition aspires to descend

  Pierre Corneille

  Ambition, Aspire

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• How sweet to die after one's enemies.

  Pierre Corneille

  Death, Sweet, Revenge

  Pierre Corneille (2015). “Chief Plays of Corneille”, p.320, Princeton University Press

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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 am Roman, alas, because Horace is Roman.

  Pierre Corneille

  Marriage, Patriotism, Fidelity

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• Among wellborn spirits courage does not depend on age.

  Pierre Corneille

  Age, Doe, Spirit

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• Here honor binds me, and I wish to satisfy it.

  Pierre Corneille

  Honor, Wish

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Polyeucte, IV. 3, 1922.

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

  Pierre Corneille

  Rebellion, Obedience, Piety

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