Pierre Corneille

Treachery is noble when aimed at tyranny.

— Pierre Corneille

When the patient loves his disease, how unwilling he is to allow a remedy to be applied.

— Pierre Corneille

I believe everything to be just when a king ordains it.

— Pierre Corneille

To vanquish without peril is to triumph without glory.

— Pierre Corneille

The fire which seems extinguished often slumbers beneath the ashes.

— Pierre Corneille

“A vaincre sans peril, on triomphe sans gloire- To win without risk is a triumph without glory”

— Pierre Corneille

To conquer without risk is to triumph without glory.

— Pierre Corneille

It is only blood that can wash away such an outrage; die or kill.

— Pierre Corneille

My reason, it's true, controls my feelings, but whatever its authority, it doesn't rule them so much as tyrannize them.

— Pierre Corneille

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

— Pierre Corneille

Happiness is meant to be shared.

— Pierre Corneille

Just as We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness. So too we never taste 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

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

— Pierre Corneille

To myself alone do I owe my fame.

— 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

It is a law, of the gods which is never broken, to sell somewhat dearly the great benefits which they confer on…

— Pierre Corneille

A Victory without danger is a triumph without glory.

— Pierre Corneille

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

— Pierre Corneille

These flattering mirrors reflect imperfectly what is within; the countenance is often a gay deceiver. What defects of mind lie hidden under…

— Pierre Corneille

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

— Pierre Corneille

To conquer without danger is to conquer without glory.

— Pierre Corneille

Time is a great manager: it arranges things well.

— Pierre Corneille

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

— Pierre Corneille

Those who easily forgive invite offenses.

— Pierre Corneille