Pierre Corneille Quotes - Page 2

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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 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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• All evils are equal when they are extreme.

  Pierre Corneille

  Evil, Equal, Good Evil

  "Horace". Book by Pierre Corneille, III. 4, 1639.

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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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• 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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• He who plays advisor is no longer ambassador.

  Pierre Corneille

  Play, Ambassadors, Advisors

  "Nicomède". Book by Pierre Corneille, act III, scene iii, 1651.

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

  Pierre Corneille

  Great Men, Wells, Great Managers

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

  Pierre Corneille

  Giving, Matter

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• He who has resolved to conquer or die is seldom conquered; such noble despair perishes with difficulty.

  Pierre Corneille

  Despair, Noble, Conquer

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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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• 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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• A monarch must sometimes rule even himself: he who wants everything must risk very little.

  Pierre Corneille

  Power, Risk, Littles

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

  Pierre Corneille

  Insulted Him, Insolence, Deserve

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• Peace is produced by war.

  Pierre Corneille

  Peace, War

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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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• A liar is full of oaths.

  Pierre Corneille

  Liars, Lying, Oath

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• He who allows me to rule is in fact my master

  Pierre Corneille

  Facts, Masters

  "Nicomède". Play by Pierre Corneille, act II, scene i, 1651.

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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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• Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not.

  Pierre Corneille

  Force, Gentleness

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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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