Quotes By Pierre Corneille

He who forgives readily only invites offense.

He who can live in infamy is unworthy of life.

Peace is produced by war.

The subject of a good tragedy must not be realistic.

Each instant of life is a step toward death.

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

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

My sweetest hope is to lose hope.

The greater the effort, the greater the glory.

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

Severity is allowable where gentleness has no effect.

Desire increases when fulfillment is postponed.

Love is a tyrant sparing none.

Deceit is the game of petty spirits, and that is by nature a woman's quality.

One is often guilty by being too just.

Oh rage! Oh despair! Oh age, my enemy!

As great as kings may be, they are what we are: they can err like other men.

In recounting our woes, we often soothe them.

He who is hated by all can not expect to live long.

We never taste a perfect joy; our happiest successes are mixed with sadness.

Self-love is the source of all our other loves.

To conquer without danger is to conquer without glory.

One often calms one's grief by recounting it.

Just vengeance does not call for punishment.

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

When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.

To he who avenges a father, nothing is impossible.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger.

Guess, if you can, and choose, if you dare.