Quotes By Pierre Corneille

He who does not fear death cares naught for threats.

He who pardons easily invites offense.

How delicious is pleasure after torment!

A good memory is needed after one has lied.

Every man of courage is a man of his word.

Brave men are brave from the very first.

It is a crime against the State to be powerful enough to commit one.

He who allows me to rule is in fact my master.

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

He who plays advisor is no longer ambassador.

Treachery is noble when aimed at tyranny.

Happiness seems made to be shared.

One ought to have a good memory when he has told a lie.

True, I am young, but for souls nobly born valor doesn't await the passing of years.

I would not like a king who could obey.

A Victory without danger is a triumph without glory.

He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be.

It takes good memory to keep up a lie.

The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame.

When we conquer without danger our triumph is without glory.

He who can live in infamy is unworthy of life.

Peace is produced by war.

He who forgives readily only invites offense.

The subject of a good tragedy must not be realistic.

Each instant of life is a step toward death.

Alas, I emerge from one disaster to fall into a worse.

I have deserved neither so much honor or so much disgrace.

The greater the effort, the greater the glory.

My sweetest hope is to lose hope.

It is the crime not the scaffold which is the disgrace.