Quotes by Dramatists

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

One is often guilty by being too just. Pierre Corneille

Too Guilty Often Just Being

They who overcome their desires once can overcome them always. Pierre Corneille

Overcome Once Always Them Who Desires

He who pardons easily invites offense. Pierre Corneille

Easily Pardon He Invites Offense Who

Each instant of life is a step toward death. Pierre Corneille

Life Death Life Is A Instant Step Toward Each

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

Great Men Other Kings Like Err May

He who can live in infamy is unworthy of life. Pierre Corneille

Life Live He Unworthy Infamy Who

There is no Pleasure like that of receiving Praise from the Praiseworthy. Richard Steele

Pleasure Like Praise Praiseworthy Receiving

A woman seldom writes her mind but in her postscript. Richard Steele

Woman Mind Seldom Writes Her