Pierre Corneille Quotes - Page 4

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• What destroys one man preserves another.

  Pierre Corneille

  Men, Preserves, One Man

  Pierre Corneille (2015). “Chief Plays of Corneille”, p.176, Princeton University Press

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• I don't know how to defend myself: surprised innocence cannot imagine being under suspicion.

  Pierre Corneille

  Innocence, Imagine, Suspicion

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• The worst of all States is the democratic State.

  Pierre Corneille

  Democracy, Despotism, States

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• And the combat ceased, for want of combatants.

  Pierre Corneille

  Want, Combat, Contention

  Pierre Corneille (2009). “Le Cid”, p.79, The Floating Press

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• In relating our misfortunes, we often feel them lightened.

  Pierre Corneille

  Feels, Misfortunes

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• How delicious is pleasure after torment!

  Pierre Corneille

  Pleasure, Torment, Delicious

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• If anyone wants to know what elephants are like, they are like people only more so.

  Pierre Corneille

  Animal, Elephants, People

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• Heaven often regulates effects by their causes, and pays the wicked what they have deserved.

  Pierre Corneille

  Heaven, Wicked, Pay

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• A true king is neither husband nor father; he considers his throne and nothing else.

  Pierre Corneille

  Kings, Husband, Father

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• Oh, how sweet it is to pity the fate of an enemy who can no longer threaten us!

  Pierre Corneille

  Sweet, Fate, Enemy

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• He who despises life is his life's master.

  Pierre Corneille

  Life Is, Stoicism, Masters

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• The greater the risk, the sweeter the fruit.

  Pierre Corneille

  Risk, Fruit, Greater

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• The universe has no prince or king that it [Rome] would consider equal to its humblest citizen.

  Pierre Corneille

  Kings, Rome, Democracy

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• Every man of courage is a man of his word.

  Pierre Corneille

  Men, Every Man

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• One often calms one's grief by recounting it.

  Pierre Corneille

  Grief, Grieving, Bereavement

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• Good fortune leads one to the highest glory, But to renounce it calls for equal courage.

  Pierre Corneille

  Glory, Renounce, Fortune

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• Have others fear you, and I will have no fear.

  Pierre Corneille

  Fear, Power, No Fear

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

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• He who is hated by all can not expect to live long.

  Pierre Corneille

  Long, Hated, Can Not

  "Cinna". Book by Pierre Corneille, 1641.

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• As great as kings may be, they are what we are: they can err like other men.

  Pierre Corneille

  Kings, Men, May

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

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• Who is all-powerful should fear everything.

  Pierre Corneille

  Powerful, Fear, Should

  "Cinna". Book by Pierre Corneille, Act IV, scene ii, 1641.

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• For souls nobly born, valor doesn't await the passing of years

  Pierre Corneille

  Years, Soul, Born

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• Kindness acts Not always as you think; a hated hand Renders it odious.

  Pierre Corneille

  Kindness, Thinking, Hands

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• I have deserved neither so much honor or so much disgrace.

  Pierre Corneille

  Honor, Disgrace

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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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• All great virtues become great men.
  [Fr., Toutes grandes vertus conviennent aux grands hommes.]

  Pierre Corneille

  Men, Virtue, Great Men

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