Pierre Corneille Quotes - Page 5

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• Ambition, having reached the summit, longs to descend.

  Pierre Corneille

  Ambition, Summit

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• Master of the universe but not of myself, I am the only rebel against my absolute power.

  Pierre Corneille

  Rebel, Awareness, Masters

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• Your Christians, whom one persecutes in vain, have something in them that surpasses the human. They lead a life of such innocence,that the heavens owe them some recognition: that they arise the stronger the more they are beaten down is hardly the result of common virtues.

  Pierre Corneille

  Christian, Heaven, Stronger

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• I am master of myself as of the universe, so I am; so I wish to be.

  Pierre Corneille

  Power, Wish, Masters

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• Rome is no longer in Rome, it is here where I am.

  Pierre Corneille

  Rome, Exile

  "Sertorius". Book by Pierre Corneille, act III, scene I, 1662.

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• It is the guilt, not the scaffold, which constitutes the shame.

  Pierre Corneille

  Guilt, Shame

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• Generosity is the accompaniment of high birth; pity and gratitude are its attendants.

  Pierre Corneille

  Gratitude, Generosity, Birth

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• It is a law, of the gods which is never broken, to sell somewhat dearly the great benefits which they confer on us.

  Pierre Corneille

  Law, Broken, Benefits

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• Those who resolve to conquer or die, are rarely conquered.

  Pierre Corneille

  Conquer, Resolution, Resolve

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• These flattering mirrors reflect imperfectly what is within; the countenance is often a gay deceiver. What defects of mind lie hidden under its beauty! What fair exteriors conceal base souls!

  Pierre Corneille

  Lying, Gay, Mirrors

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• It is the crime not the scaffold which is the disgrace.

  Pierre Corneille

  Punishment, Crime, Disgrace

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• I would tell you I love you, Sir, if I knew what it was to love.

  Pierre Corneille

  Love, Love You, Innocence

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• It is an imprudence common to kings to listen to too much advice and to err in their choice.

  Pierre Corneille

  Kings, Advice, Choices

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• I agree to, or rather aspire to, my doom.

  Pierre Corneille

  Agreement, Doom, Agree

  "Polyeucte". Book by Pierre Corneille, act IV, scene II, 1642.

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• Clemency is the noblest trait which can reveal a true monarch to the world.

  Pierre Corneille

  World, Clemency, Monarchs

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• He who pardons easily invites offense.

  Pierre Corneille

  Pardon, Offense, Invites

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

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• After having won a scepter, few are so generous as to disdain the pleasures of ruling.

  Pierre Corneille

  Pleasure, Ruling, Disdain

  "Cinna ou la Clémence d'Auguste (Cinna or the clemency of Caesar Augustus)". Comedy by Pierre Corneille (Act II, Scene I), 1641.

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• Rome alone can resist Rome.

  Pierre Corneille

  Rome, Me Alone

  "Sertorius". Book by Pierre Corneille, act II, scene I, 1662.

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• It takes good memory to keep up a lie

  Pierre Corneille

  Memories, Lying, Good Memories

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• Death was to be my glory, but destiny has refused it.

  Pierre Corneille

  Death, Destiny, Glory

  "Character: Cornélie". "La Mort de Pompée" by Pierre Corneille , act III, scene iv, 1642.

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• The king, just and prudent, wants only those things which he can get.

  Pierre Corneille

  Kings, Power, Desire

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

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• How much must I overcome before I triumph?

  Pierre Corneille

  Overcoming, Triumph, Obstinacy

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• Alas, I emerge from one disaster to fall into a worse.

  Pierre Corneille

  Fall, Disaster, Alas

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• We never taste a perfect joy; our happiest successes are mixed with sadness.

  Pierre Corneille

  Sadness, Perfect, Joy

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• Your heart is mine; there I reign. I am content.

  Pierre Corneille

  Sweet, Heart, Reign

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