A first impulse was never a crime.
Pierre Corneille
A good memory is needed after one has lied.
Pierre Corneille
A liar is always lavish of oaths.
Pierre Corneille
A true king is neither husband nor father; he considers his throne and nothing else.
Pierre Corneille
A Victory without danger is a triumph without glory.
Pierre Corneille
After having won a scepter, few are so generous as to disdain the pleasures of ruling.
Pierre Corneille
Alas, I emerge from one disaster to fall into a worse.
Pierre Corneille
Ambition aspires to descend.
Pierre Corneille
An example is often a deceptive mirror, and the order of destiny, so troubling to our thoughts, is not always found written in things past.
Pierre Corneille
As great as kings may be, they are what we are: they can err like other men.
Pierre Corneille
Brave men are brave from the very first.
Pierre Corneille
Clemency is the noblest trait which can reveal a true monarch to the world.
Pierre Corneille
Danger breeds best on too much confidence.
Pierre Corneille
Deceit is the game of petty spirits, and that is by nature a woman's quality.
Pierre Corneille
Desire increases when fulfillment is postponed.
Pierre Corneille
Do your duty and leave the rest to heaven.
Pierre Corneille
Each instant of life is a step toward death.
Pierre Corneille
Every man of courage is a man of his word.
Pierre Corneille
Flee an enemy who knows your weakness.
Pierre Corneille
Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not.
Pierre Corneille
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Biography
Type: Dramatist
Nationality: French
Born: June 6, 1606
Died: October 1, 1684
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