Pierre Corneille Quotes - Page 6

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• I love you much less than my God, but much more than myself.

  Pierre Corneille

  Love, Love You, Religion

  "Character: Polyeucte". "Polyeucte" by Pierre Corneille, act IV, scene iii, 1642.

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• It is a crime against the State to be powerful enough to commit one.

  Pierre Corneille

  Powerful, Crime, Enough

  "Character: Araspe". "Cinna" by Pierre Corneille, act II, scene i, 1641.

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• Heaven absolves all crimes committed to gain a throne Once Heaven gives it to us.

  Pierre Corneille

  Giving, Heaven, Thrones

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• Be it only for a day, it is still a glory without equal to be master of the world just that day.

  Pierre Corneille

  Power, World, Glory

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• To die for one's country is such a worthy fate that all compete for so beautiful a death.

  Pierre Corneille

  Beautiful, Country, Fate

  "Horace". Play by Pierre Corneille (Act II, Scene III), 1639.

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• A first impulse was never a crime.

  Pierre Corneille

  Inspirational, Greatest Love, Firsts

  'Horace' (1640) act 5, sc. 3.

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• This dark brightness that falls from the stars.

  Pierre Corneille

  Stars, Fall, Dark

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• One ought to have a good memory when he has told a lie

  Pierre Corneille

  Memories, Lying, Good Memories

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• All evils are equal when they are extreme.
  [Fr., Et tous maux sont pareils alors qu'ils sont extremes.]

  Pierre Corneille

  Evil, Equal, Extremes

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• The subject of a good tragedy must not be realistic.

  Pierre Corneille

  Tragedy, Realistic, Subjects

  "Héraclius". Play by Pierre Corneille, preface, 1646.

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• Brave men are brave from the very first.
  [Fr., Les hommes valeureux le sont au premier coup.]

  Pierre Corneille

  Men, Bravery, Firsts

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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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• Among wellborn spirits courage does not depend on age.

  Pierre Corneille

  Age, Doe, Spirit

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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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• The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame.

  Pierre Corneille

  Shame, Crime

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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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• 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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• 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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• Just vengeance does not call for punishment.

  Pierre Corneille

  Revenge, Punishment, Doe

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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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• Sir, what does it matter whom I serve, so long as I am right?

  Pierre Corneille

  Truth, Long, Matter

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

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• A liar is always lavish of oaths.
  [Fr., Un menteur est toujours prodigue de serments.]

  Pierre Corneille

  Liars, Lying, Oath

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

  Pierre Corneille

  Kings, Believe, Justice

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

  Pierre Corneille

  Rebellion, Obedience, Piety

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