Pierre Corneille Quotes
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Just vengeance does not call for punishment.
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Je ne dois qu'à moi seul toute ma renommée.
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Pour grands que soient les rois, ils sont ce que nous sommes:Ils peuvent se tromper comme les autres hommes.
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De pareils serviteurs sont les forces des rois,Et de pareils aussi sont au-dessus des lois.
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Every man of courage is a man of his word.
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La façon de donner vaut mieux que ce qu'on donne.
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We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness.
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A good memory is needed after one has lied.
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Il faut bonne mémoire après qu'on a menti.
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When obedience is so impious, Revolt is a necessity.
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This dark brightness that falls from the stars.
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One is often guilty by being too just.
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A liar is always lavish of oaths.
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Clemency is the noblest trait which can reveal a true monarch to the world.
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My reason, it's true, controls my feelings, but whatever its authority, it doesn't rule them so much as tyrannize them.
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I can be forced to live without happiness, but I will never consent to live without honor.
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Master of the universe but not of myself, I am the only rebel against my absolute power.
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I would not like a king who could obey.
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Flee an enemy who knows your weakness.
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On a peine à haïr ce qu'on a bien aimé,Et le feu mal éteint est bientôt rallumé.