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Quotes by

Pierre Corneille

A Victory without danger is a triumph without glory. – Pierre Corneille

It is the crime not the scaffold which is the disgrace. – Pierre Corneille

Just vengeance does not call for punishment. – Pierre Corneille

We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger. – Pierre Corneille

To conquer without danger is to conquer without glory. – Pierre Corneille

Do your duty and leave the rest to heaven. – Pierre Corneille

I have deserved neither so much honor or so much disgrace. – Pierre Corneille

One often calms ones grief by recounting it. – Pierre Corneille

Deceit is the game of petty spirits, and that is by nature a womans quality. – Pierre Corneille

To die for ones country is such a worthy fate that all compete for so beautiful a death. – Pierre Corneille

We never taste a perfect joy our happiest successes are mixed with sadness. – Pierre Corneille

Master of the universe but not of myself, I am the only rebel against my absolute power. – Pierre Corneille

A true king is neither husband nor father he considers his throne and nothing else. – Pierre Corneille

Peace is produced by war. – Pierre Corneille

My sweetest hope is to lose hope. – Pierre Corneille

I can be forced to live without happiness, but I will never consent to live without honor. – Pierre Corneille

We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness. – Pierre Corneille

Happiness seems made to be shared. – Pierre Corneille

He who does not fear death cares naught for threats. – Pierre Corneille

Each instant of life is a step toward death. – Pierre Corneille