Pierre Corneille quotes - page 5

When the patient loves his disease, how unwilling he is to allow a remedy to be applied. (Pierre Corneille)
A first impulse was never a crime. View quote
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In the service of Caesar, everything is legitimate. View quote
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He who is insulted has a right to be outraged, as unpunished audacity only increases! View quote
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The wrinkles on his forehead are the marks which his mighty deeds have engraved. View quote
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Don Diègue: Rodrigue, have you any courage? Don Rodrigue: Anyone but my father Would find out on the spot. View quote
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Such subjects are the very strength of kings, And are thus above the law. View quote
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Its fury aims to shatter but our altars: It scorns only the gods and never the mortals. View quote
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The Christians have one God alone, the lord Of all, whose will unaided does what he Resolves. But, if I dare to speak my mind, Our gods are often ill-assorted, and Ev'n were their wrath to strike me down at once, There are too many to be real gods. View quote
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The fate of States decides theirs: Clauses of treaties determine their affections. View quote
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You haven't wasted all your time in Rome, Since you know how to defend yourself so gallantly: You have wit, even if you haven't courage. (Pierre Corneille)
If you betray me, can I take a better revenge Than to love the person you hate? View quote
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It is the crime not the scaffold which is the disgrace. View quote
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My sweetest hope is to lose hope. View quote
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Ambition aspires to descend. View quote
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What destroys one man preserves another. View quote
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Here honor binds me, and I wish to satisfy it. View quote
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I am master of myself, as of the Universe I am, and I wish to be so. View quote
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Pierre Corneille

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Occupation: French Dramatist
Born: June 6, 1606
Died: October 1, 1684
Quotes count: 118
Wikipedia: Pierre Corneille

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