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Pierre Corneille
Pierre Corneille
French Dramatist
Born: Jun 6, 1606
Died: Oct 1, 1684
Crime Glory Good Happiness He Who
Related authors: Alexandre Dumas Antonin Artaud Eugene Ionesco Jean Genet Jean Giraudoux Jean Racine Jules Renard Marcel Pagnol
A liar is always lavish of oaths. Pierre Corneille
Liar Oaths Lavish Always
We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness. Pierre Corneille
Happiness Sad Sadness Our Never Perfection Most Mixed Taste Successes Fortunate
He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be. Pierre Corneille
He Himself Insulted Who Deserves
To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred. Pierre Corneille
Revenge Hatred Crown Take Disaster Court Condemn Either Your
Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not. Pierre Corneille
Force Gentleness Where Legitimate Avail
I can be forced to live without happiness, but I will never consent to live without honor. Pierre Corneille
Happiness Honor Will Live Never Forced Without Consent
This dark brightness that falls from the stars. Pierre Corneille
Dark Stars Falls Brightness
After having won a scepter, few are so generous as to disdain the pleasures of ruling. Pierre Corneille
Few Pleasures Ruling Having Generous Won Disdain After
Happiness seems made to be shared. Pierre Corneille
Happiness Made Seems Shared
Peace is produced by war. Pierre Corneille
War Peace Produced
When the patient loves his disease, how unwilling he is to allow a remedy to be applied. Pierre Corneille
Patient Allow Remedy He Unwilling How His Disease Loves Applied
He who plays advisor is no longer ambassador. Pierre Corneille
He Longer Advisor Ambassador Who Plays
Danger breeds best on too much confidence. Pierre Corneille
Best Confidence Too Much Too Danger Much Breeds
Severity is allowable where gentleness has no effect. Pierre Corneille
Severity Gentleness Effect Where
Flee an enemy who knows your weakness. Pierre Corneille
Enemy Weakness Knows Flee Your Who
Reason and love are sworn enemies. Pierre Corneille
Love Enemies Reason Sworn
To he who avenges a father, nothing is impossible. Pierre Corneille
Impossible Father Nothing Nothing Is Impossible He Who
In the service of Caesar, everything is legitimate. Pierre Corneille
Service Everything Caesar Legitimate
He who allows me to rule is in fact my master. Pierre Corneille
Me Master Rule Fact He In Fact Who
We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger. Pierre Corneille
Danger Triumph Without Glory Conquer
Just vengeance does not call for punishment. Pierre Corneille
Punishment Vengeance Call Does Just
A first impulse was never a crime. Pierre Corneille
Crime First Never Impulse
To die for one's country is such a worthy fate that all compete for so beautiful a death. Pierre Corneille
Beautiful Death Fate Country Worthy Die Compete
My sweetest hope is to lose hope. Pierre Corneille
Hope Lose Sweetest
Oh, how sweet it is to pity the fate of an enemy who can no longer threaten us! Pierre Corneille
Enemy Fate Sweet Threaten Longer How Oh Pity Us Who
My reason, it's true, controls my feelings, but whatever its authority, it doesn't rule them so much as tyrannize them. Pierre Corneille
Feelings Whatever Rule True Authority Controls Them Much Reason
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