Pierre Corneille

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

— Pierre Corneille

He who plays advisor is no longer ambassador.

— Pierre Corneille

This dark brightness that falls from the stars.

— Pierre Corneille

Time is a great manager: it arranges things well.

— Pierre Corneille

“A vaincre sans péril, on triomphe sans gloire.”

— Pierre Corneille

Your virtue raises your glory above your crime.

— Pierre Corneille

Severity is allowable where gentleness has no effect.

— Pierre Corneille

Heaven absolves all crimes committed to gain a throne Once Heaven gives it to us.

— Pierre Corneille

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

— Pierre Corneille

Sir, what does it matter whom I serve, so long as I am right?

— Pierre Corneille

I am young, it is true; but in noble souls valor does not wait for years.

— Pierre Corneille

Alas, I emerge from one disaster to fall into a worse.

— Pierre Corneille

One ought to have a good memory when he has told a lie

— Pierre Corneille

True, I am young, but for souls nobly born valor doesn't await the passing of years.

— Pierre Corneille

To vanquish without peril is to triumph without glory.

— Pierre Corneille

The king, just and prudent, wants only those things which he can get.

— Pierre Corneille

When obedience is so impious, revolt is a necessity.

— Pierre Corneille

I love you much less than my God, but much more than myself.

— Pierre Corneille

Just vengeance does not call for punishment.

— Pierre Corneille

The greater the effort, the greater the glory.

— Pierre Corneille

To win without risk is to triumph without glory.

— Pierre Corneille