Pierre Corneille

Guess if you can, choose if you dare.

— Pierre Corneille

Guess, if you can, and choose, if you dare.

— Pierre Corneille

I agree to, or rather aspire to, my doom.

— Pierre Corneille

“Va, je ne te hais point.”

— Pierre Corneille

Brave men are brave from the very first.

— Pierre Corneille

Who is all-powerful should fear everything.

— Pierre Corneille

Ah, though a Roman, I am not less a man.

— Pierre Corneille

Violence is just, where kindness is vain.

— Pierre Corneille

To conquer without risk is to triumph without glory.

— Pierre Corneille

They who overcome their desires once can overcome them always.

— Pierre Corneille

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

— Pierre Corneille

Ambition, having reached the summit, longs to descend.

— Pierre Corneille

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

— Pierre Corneille

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

— Pierre Corneille

Master of the universe but notof myself, I am the only rebel against my absolute power.

— Pierre Corneille

A Victory without danger is a triumph without glory.

— Pierre Corneille

Brave men are brave from the very first. [Fr., Les hommes valeureux le sont au premier coup.]

— Pierre Corneille

Be it only for a day, it is still a glory without equal to be master of the world just that day.

— Pierre Corneille

By speaking of our misfortunes we often relieve them. [Fr., A raconter ses maux souvent on les soulage.]

— Pierre Corneille

Such is the caprice of Romans... who reject kings in name but not in practice, and accept an Emperor mightier than a…

— Pierre Corneille

We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness.

— Pierre Corneille

Guess, if you can, and choose, if you dare. [Lat., Devine, si tu peux, et choisis, si tu l'oses.]

— Pierre Corneille

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

— Pierre Corneille

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

— Pierre Corneille

He who fears not death fears not a threat.

— Pierre Corneille

The man who pardons easily courts injury.

— Pierre Corneille

Rome alone can resist Rome.

— Pierre Corneille

Danger breeds best on too much confidence.

— Pierre Corneille

Flee an enemy who knows your weakness.

— Pierre Corneille

Patience and time conquer all things.

— Pierre Corneille

Reason and love are sworn enemies.

— Pierre Corneille

What destroys one man preserves another.

— Pierre Corneille

How sweet to die after one's enemies.

— Pierre Corneille

Treachery is noble when aimed at tyranny.

— Pierre Corneille

Ambition aspires to descend

— Pierre Corneille

One is often guilty by being too just.

— Pierre Corneille

To myself alone do I owe my fame.

— Pierre Corneille

Doubt, but still hate!

— Pierre Corneille

Oh rage! Oh despair! Oh age, my enemy!

— Pierre Corneille

Love is a tyrant sparing none.

— Pierre Corneille