Quote by Pierre Corneille Download Open image ““A vaincre sans péril, on triomphe sans gloire.”” — Pierre Corneille ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Your speech is pompous sounding, full of pride, as fits the lackey of the Gods. You are young and young your rule and you… — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
“Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend, Before we too into the Dust descend; Dust into Dust, and under Dust to… — Edward FitzGerald Copy Share Image
“Vain favour! coming, like most other favours long deferred and often wished for, too late!” — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
“Au premier mariage on cherche la perfection, au second on cherche la vérité.” — Frédéric Beigbeder Copy Share Image
“Things perish. Gods have passed. But song sublimely cast Shall citadels outlast.” — Théophile Gautier Copy Share Image
“For at moments such is the blindness and folly, yet withal the redeeming glory of love.” — Radclyffe Hall Copy Share Image
“La vie est vaine, Un peu d’amour, Un peu de haine, Et puis—Bonjour! La vie est brève: Un peu d’espoir, Un peu de rève… — George du Maurie Copy Share Image
“Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend, Before we too into the Dust descend; Dust into Dust, and under Dust to… — Omar Khayyam Copy Share Image
“Let us love nobly, and live, and add again Years and years unto years, till we attain To write threescore: this is the second… — John Donne Copy Share Image
“Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Such is the caprice of Romans... who reject kings in name but not in practice, and accept an Emperor mightier than a hundred kings. — Pierre Corneille Copy Share Image
To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred. — Pierre Corneille Copy Share Image
By speaking of our misfortunes we often relieve them. [Fr., A raconter ses maux souvent on les soulage.] — Pierre Corneille Copy Share Image
I don't know how to defend myself: surprised innocence cannot imagine being under suspicion. — Pierre Corneille Copy Share Image
