Best Pierre Corneille Quotations
- One often calms one's grief by recounting it. Bereavement
- As great as kings may be, they are what we are: they can err like other men. Err
- A true king is neither husband nor father; he considers his throne and nothing else. Considers
- He who does not fear death cares naught for threats. Care
- He who is hated by all can not expect to live long. All
- I agree to, or rather aspire to, my doom. Agree
- Those who easily forgive invite offenses. Easily
- After having won a scepter, few are so generous as to disdain the pleasures of ruling. Disdain
- Clemency is the noblest trait which can reveal a true monarch to the world. Clemency
- Each instant of life is a step toward death. Death
- Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not. Avails
- He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be. Allows
- He who forgives readily only invites offense. Forgiveness
- He who pardons easily invites offense. Easily
- He who plays advisor is no longer ambassador. Advisor
- How delicious is pleasure after torment! Delicious
- I have deserved neither so much honor or so much disgrace. Deserved
- In the service of Caesar, everything is legitimate. Caesar
- It is a crime against the State to be powerful enough to commit one. Commit
- Master of the universe but not of myself, I am the only rebel against my absolute power. Absolute
- My reason, it's true, controls my feelings, but whatever its authority, it doesn't rule them so much as tyrannize them. Authority
- Oh rage! Oh despair! Oh age, my enemy! Age
- Peace is produced by war. Inspirational
- The greater the effort, the greater the glory. Effort
- The subject of a good tragedy must not be realistic. Good
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