Pierre Corneille Quotes

Deceit is the game of petty spirits, and that is by nature a woman's quality.
Pierre Corneille

Nature, Woman, Game

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

Sad, Sadness, Perfect

We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness.
Pierre Corneille

Happiness, Sadness, Perfection

A liar is always lavish of oaths.
Pierre Corneille

Liar, Lavish, Oaths

Treachery is noble when aimed at tyranny.
Pierre Corneille

Tyranny, Noble, Treachery

A Victory without danger is a triumph without glory.
Pierre Corneille

Victory, Danger, Triumph

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.
Pierre Corneille

Giving, Worth, Gift

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

Enemy, Sweet, Fate

To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
Pierre Corneille

Win, Risk, Triumph

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

Fall, Worse, Disaster

Desire increases when fulfillment is postponed.
Pierre Corneille

Desire, Postponed, Increases

A good memory is needed after one has lied.
Pierre Corneille

Good, After, Memory

One is often guilty by being too just.
Pierre Corneille

Happiness seems made to be shared.
Pierre Corneille

Happiness, Made, Seems

This dark brightness that falls from the stars.
Pierre Corneille

Dark, Stars, Falls

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When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.
Pierre Corneille

Fight, Triumph, Glory

Self-love is the source of all our other loves.
Pierre Corneille

One often calms one's grief by recounting it.
Pierre Corneille

Sympathy, Often, Grief

I can be forced to live without happiness, but I will never consent to live without honor.
Pierre Corneille

Happiness, Live, Honor

To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred.
Pierre Corneille

Revenge, Hatred, Either

A first impulse was never a crime.
Pierre Corneille

Ambition aspires to descend.
Pierre Corneille

Ambition, Aspires, Descend

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

Great, Men, May

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

Live, Long, Expect

I agree to, or rather aspire to, my doom.
Pierre Corneille

Rather, Agree, Doom

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Dramatist

Born: June 6, 1606

Died: October 1, 1684

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