Clemency is the noblest trait which can reveal a true monarch to the world. — Pierre Corneille Clemency Copy Share Image
It is a crime against the State to be powerful enough to commit one. — Pierre Corneille Copy Share Image
When the patient loves his disease, how unwilling he is to allow a remedy to be applied. — Pierre Corneille Disease Copy Share Image
A monarch must sometimes rule even himself: he who wants everything must risk very little. — Pierre Corneille King Copy Share Image
To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred. — Pierre Corneille Court Copy Share Image
I can be forced to live without happiness, but I will never consent to live without honor. — Pierre Corneille Consent Copy Share Image
Every brave man is a man of his word; to such base vices he cannot stoop, and shuns more than death the… — Pierre Corneille Brave Copy Share Image
Love lives on hope, and dies when hope is dead; It is a flame which sinks for lack of fuel. — Pierre Corneille Copy Share Image
Clemency is the surest proof of a true monarch. [Fr., La clemence est la plus belle marque Qui fasse a l'univers connaitre… — Pierre Corneille Copy Share Image
“A vaincre sans peril, on triomphe sans gloire- To win without risk is a triumph without glory” — Pierre Corneille Triumph Copy Share Image
Oh, how sweet it is to pity the fate of an enemy who can no longer threaten us! — Pierre Corneille Enemy Copy Share Image
To myself alone do I owe my fame. [Fr., Je ne dois qu'a moi seul toute ma renommee.] — Pierre Corneille Fame Copy Share Image
Generosity is the accompaniment of high birth; pity and gratitude are its attendants. — Pierre Corneille Birth Copy Share Image
Kindness acts Not always as you think; a hated hand Renders it odious. — Pierre Corneille Copy Share Image
We never taste a perfect joy; our happiest successes are mixed with sadness. — Pierre Corneille Happiness Copy Share Image