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Pierre Corneille Quotes

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When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.

When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.

Pierre Corneille
Motivational, Success, Fighting
'Le Cid' (1637) act 2, sc. 2

The fire which seems extinguished often slumbers beneath the ashes.

Pierre Corneille
Fire, Ashes, Slumber
"Rodogune". Book by Pierre Corneille, 1644.

Self-love is the source of all our other loves.

Pierre Corneille
Love Is, Self, Romance
"Titus and Berenice". Play by Pierre Corneille, 1670.

The greater the effort, the greater the glory.

Pierre Corneille
Perseverance, Work, Effort
"Character: Pauline". "Polyeucte" by Pierre Corneille, act IV, scene v, 1642.

Patience and time conquer all things.

Pierre Corneille
Endurance, Conquer, All Things

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Pierre Corneille
Birthday, Christmas, Giving
"The Liar". Play by Pierre Corneille, 1643.

I can be forced to live without happiness, but I will never consent to live without honor.

Pierre Corneille
Honor, Consent, I Can
"Le Cid". Tragicomedy by Pierre Corneille (Act II, Scene I), December 1636.

When the patient loves his disease, how unwilling he is to allow a remedy to be applied.

Pierre Corneille
Disease, Patient, Remedy

A liar is always lavish of oaths.

Pierre Corneille
Liars, Lying, Deceit
"Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Le Menteur, III. 5, p. 485-87, 1922.

Those who easily forgive invite offenses.

Pierre Corneille
Forgiving, Offense, Invites

As our self-interests differ, so do our feelings.

Pierre Corneille
Self, Feelings, Cynicism
"Character: Cornélie". "La Mort de Pompée" by Pierre Corneille, act V, scene ii, 1642.

Flee an enemy who knows your weakness.

Pierre Corneille
Enemy, Weakness, Knows
"Character: Néarque". "Polyeucte" by Pierre Corneille, act I, scene i, 1642.

It is hard to hate what one has loved, and a half-extinguished fire is soon relit.

Pierre Corneille
Love, Hate, Fire

Your virtue raises your glory above your crime.

Pierre Corneille
Virtue, Glory, Crime
"Horace". Book by Pierre Corneille, act V, scene iii, 1639.

In the service of Caesar, everything is legitimate.

Pierre Corneille

Let us attend to the present, and as to the future we shall know how to manage when the occasion arrives.

Pierre Corneille
Know How, Occasions, Knows

Love is a tyrant sparing none.

Pierre Corneille
Love, Love Is, Tyrants
"Le Cid". Book by Pierre Corneille, act I, scene ii, 1636.

To win without risk is to triumph without glory.

Pierre Corneille
Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

He who can live in infamy is unworthy of life.

Pierre Corneille
Infamy, Unworthy
"Le Cid". Book by Pierre Corneille, act I, scene V, 1636.

He who fears not death fears not a threat.

Pierre Corneille
Threat, Fear Not
Pierre Corneille (2009). “Le Cid”, p.28, The Floating Press

To he who avenges a father, nothing is impossible

Pierre Corneille
Father, Impossible, Nothing Is Impossible
"Le Cid". Play by Pierre Corneille, act II, scene ii, 1636.

Love lives on hope, and dies when hope is dead; It is a flame which sinks for lack of fuel.

Pierre Corneille
Love, Hope, Flames

Each instant of life is a step toward death.

Pierre Corneille
Life, Inspire, Steps
"Tite et Bérénice". Book by Pierre Corneille, act V, scene I, 1670.

Treachery is noble when aimed at tyranny.

Pierre Corneille
Tyrants, Noble, Tyranny
"Character: Émilie". "Cinna" by Pierre Corneille, act III, scene iv, 1641.

Deceit is the game of petty spirits, and that is by nature a woman's quality.

Pierre Corneille
Lying, Games, Hype

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