Pierre Corneille Quotes - Page 4

Ambition displeases when it has been sated ... having reached the peak, it aspires to descend.

In relating our misfortunes, we often feel them lightened.

And the combat ceased, for want of combatants.

The worst of all States is the democratic State.

How delicious is pleasure after torment!

A true king is neither husband nor father; he considers his throne and nothing else.

Heaven often regulates effects by their causes, and pays the wicked what they have deserved.

Oh, how sweet it is to pity the fate of an enemy who can no longer threaten us!

He who despises life is his life's master.

The universe has no prince or king that it [Rome] would consider equal to its humblest citizen.

Every man of courage is a man of his word.

The greater the risk, the sweeter the fruit.

I see, I know, I believe, I am undeceived.

One often calms one's grief by recounting it.

Have others fear you, and I will have no fear.

Good fortune leads one to the highest glory, But to renounce it calls for equal courage.

He who is hated by all can not expect to live long.

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

Who is all-powerful should fear everything.

For souls nobly born, valor doesn't await the passing of years

I have deserved neither so much honor or so much disgrace.

If anyone wants to know what elephants are like, they are like people only more so.

Kindness acts Not always as you think; a hated hand Renders it odious.

Happiness seems made to be shared. [Fr., Le bonheur semble fait pour etre partage.]

Ambition, having reached the summit, longs to descend.