Pierre Corneille Quotes
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Rome is no longer in Rome, it is here where I am.
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Ma mort était ma gloire, et le destin m'en prive.
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Love is a tyrant sparing none.
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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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On a peine à haïr ce qu'on a bien aimé,Et le feu mal éteint est bientôt rallumé.
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We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness.
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He who forgives readily only invites offense.
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The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.
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I would not like a king who could obey.
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Oh, how sweet it is to pity the fate of an enemy who can no longer threaten us!
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A liar is always lavish of oaths.
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In recounting our woes, we often soothe them.
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Qui peut tout doit tout craindre.
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To die for one's country is such a worthy fate that all compete for so beautiful a death.
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It is a crime against the State to be powerful enough to commit one.
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Alas, I emerge from one disaster to fall into a worse.
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Do your duty and leave the rest to heaven.
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If you betray me, can I take a better revenge than to love the person you hate?
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Plus l'effort est grand, plus la gloire en est grande.
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Qui se vainc une fois peut se vaincre toujours.
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Peace is produced by war.
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He who does not fear death cares naught for threats.
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Les chrétiens n'ont qu'un Dieu, maître absolu de tout,De qui le seul vouloir fait tout ce qu'il résout;Mais, si j'ose entre nous dire ce que me semble,Les nôtres bien souvent s'accordent mal ensemble,Et, me dût leur colère écraser à tes yeux,Nous en avons beaucoup pour être de vrais dieux.
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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.