| 31 Famous Quotes by Pierre Corneille
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“All evils are equal when they are extreme.
[Fr., Et tous maux sont pareils alors qu'ils sont extremes.]”
Evil Quotes Source: Horace (III, 4)
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“To myself alone do I owe my fame.
[Fr., Je ne dois qu'a moi seul toute ma renommee.]”
Fame Quotes Source: L'Excuse a Ariste
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“Tyrant, step from the throne, and give place to thy master.
[Fr., Tyran, descends du trone et fais place a ton maitre.]”
Tyranny Quotes Source: Heraclius (I, 2)
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“The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame.
[Fr., Le crime fait la honte et non pas l'echafaud.]”
Crime Quotes Source: Essex (IV, 3)
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“A good memory is needed once we have lied.
[Fr., Il faut bonne memoire apres qu'on a menti.]”
Lying Quotes Source: Le Menteur (IV, 5)
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“A liar is always lavish of oaths.
[Fr., Un menteur est toujours prodigue de serments.]”
Lying Quotes Source: Le Menteur (IV, 5)
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“All great virtues become great men.
[Fr., Toutes grandes vertus conviennent aux grands hommes.]”
Virtue Quotes Source: Notes de Corneille par La Rochefoucauld
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“Brave men are brave from the very first.
[Fr., Les hommes valeureux le sont au premier coup.]”
Bravery Quotes Source: Le Cid (II, 3)
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“Here honor binds me, and I wish to satisfy it.
[Lat., Ici l'honneur m'oblige, et j'y veux satisfaire.]”
Honor Quotes Source: Polyeucte (IV, 3)
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“Guess, if you can, and choose, if you dare.
[Lat., Devine, si tu peux, et choisis, si tu l'oses.]”
Choice Quotes Source: Heraclius (IV, 4)
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“And the combat ceased, for want of combatants.
[Fr., Et le combat cessa, faute de combattants.]”
Contention Quotes Source: Le Cid (IV, 3)
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“Let us be friends, Cinna, it is I who invite you to be so.
[Fr., Soyons amis, Cinna, c'est moi qui t'en convie.]”
Friends Quotes Source: Cinna (V, 3)
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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.]”
Royalty Quotes Source: Cinna (IV, 4)
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“Whoever can do as he pleases, commands when he entreats.
[Fr., Qui peut ce qui lui plait, commande alors qu'il prie.]”
Power Quotes Source: Sertorius (IV, 2)
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“He who forgives readily only invites offense.
[Fr., Qui pardonne aisement invite a l'offenser.]”
Forgiveness Quotes Source: Cinna (IV, 4)
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“We read that we ought to forgive our enemies; but we do not read
that we ought to forgive our friends.”
Forgiveness Quotes Source: Cinna (IV, 4)
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“Happiness seems made to be shared.
[Fr., Le bonheur semble fait pour etre partage.]”
Happiness Quotes Source: Notes par Rochefoucauld
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“He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be so; and
insolence, if unpunished, increases!
[Lat., Qui se laisse outrager, merite qu'on l'outrage
Et l'audace impunie enfle trop un courage.]”
Insult Quotes Source: Heraclius (I, 2)
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“He who is hated by all can not expect to live long.
[Fr., Qui vit hai de tous ne saurait longtemps vivre.]”
Hatred Quotes Source: Cinna (I, 2)
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“By speaking of our misfortunes we often relieve them.
[Fr., A raconter ses maux souvent on les soulage.]”
Misfortune Quotes Source: Polyeucte (I, 3)
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“Love lives on hope, and dies when hope is dead; It is a flame which sinks for lack of fuel.”
Love Quotes |
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“To win without risk is to triumph without glory.”
Risk Quotes |
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“Guess if you can, choose if you dare.”
Decision Quotes |
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“All evils are equal when they are extreme.”
Evil Quotes |
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“One often calms one's grief by recounting it.”
Heartbreak Quotes |
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