Pierre Corneille Quotes
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It takes good memory to keep up a lie.
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Guess, if you can, and choose, if you dare.
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To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
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The subject of a good tragedy must not be realistic.
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True, I am young, but for souls nobly born valor doesn't await the passing of years.
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He who can live in infamy is unworthy of life.
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Le feu qui semble éteint souvent dort sous la cendre.
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He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be.
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Le désir s'accroît quand l'effet se recule.
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Peu de généreux vont jusqu'à dédaigner,Après un sceptre acquis, la douceur de régner.
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The greater the effort, the greater the glory.
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When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.
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Self-love is the source of all our other loves.
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Desire increases when fulfillment is postponed.
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We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger.
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Severity is allowable where gentleness has no effect.
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I see, I know, I believe, I am undeceived.
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A Victory without danger is a triumph without glory.
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He who is hated by all can not expect to live long.
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One often calms one's grief by recounting it.
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As great as kings may be, they are what we are: they can err like other men.
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Just vengeance does not call for punishment.
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I have deserved neither so much honor or so much disgrace.
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Pour grands que soient les rois, ils sont ce que nous sommes:Ils peuvent se tromper comme les autres hommes.