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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

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PIERRE CORNEILLE Brave men are brave from the very first.
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PIERRE CORNEILLE Whoever can do as he pleases, commands when he entreats. [Fr., Qui peut ce qui lui plait, commande...
PIERRE CORNEILLE Here honor binds me, and I wish to satisfy it. [Lat., Ici l'honneur m'oblige, et j'y veux satisfai...
PIERRE CORNEILLE All great virtues become great men. [Fr., Toutes grandes vertus conviennent aux grands hommes.]
PIERRE CORNEILLE The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame. [Fr., Le crime fait la honte et non pas l'echafaud...
PIERRE CORNEILLE All evils are equal when they are extreme. [Fr., Et tous maux sont pareils alors qu'ils sont extre...
PIERRE CORNEILLE To myself alone do I owe my fame. [Fr., Je ne dois qu'a moi seul toute ma renommee.]
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PIERRE CORNEILLE The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.
PIERRE CORNEILLE A liar is full of oaths.
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PIERRE CORNEILLE Those who easily forgive invite offenses.
PIERRE CORNEILLE Just vengeance does not call for punishment.
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PIERRE CORNEILLE A Victory without danger is a triumph without glory.
PIERRE CORNEILLE Do your duty and leave the rest to heaven.
PIERRE CORNEILLE We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger.
PIERRE CORNEILLE To conquer without danger is to conquer without glory.
PIERRE CORNEILLE I have deserved neither so much honor or so much disgrace.
PIERRE CORNEILLE One often calms one's grief by recounting it.
PIERRE CORNEILLE It is the crime not the scaffold which is the disgrace.
PIERRE CORNEILLE To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
PIERRE CORNEILLE Guess if you can, choose if you dare.
PIERRE CORNEILLE And the combat ceased, for want of combatants. [Fr., Et le combat cessa, faute de combattants.]
PIERRE CORNEILLE Brave men are brave from the very first. [Fr., Les hommes valeureux le sont au premier coup.]
PIERRE CORNEILLE A liar is always lavish of oaths. [Fr., Un menteur est toujours prodigue de serments.]
PIERRE CORNEILLE A good memory is needed once we have lied. [Fr., Il faut bonne memoire apres qu'on a menti.]
PIERRE CORNEILLE We read that we ought to forgive our enemies; but we do not read that we ought to forgive our frien...
PIERRE CORNEILLE He who forgives readily only invites offense. [Fr., Qui pardonne aisement invite a l'offenser.]
PIERRE CORNEILLE Just vengeance does not call for punishment.
PIERRE CORNEILLE Guess, if you can, and choose, if you dare. [Lat., Devine, si tu peux, et choisis, si tu l'oses.]
PIERRE CORNEILLE He who is hated by all can not expect to live long. [Fr., Qui vit hai de tous ne saurait longtemps...
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PIERRE CORNEILLE We never taste a perfect joy; our happiest successes are mixed with sadness.
PIERRE CORNEILLE He who plays advisor is no longer ambassador.
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PIERRE CORNEILLE When we conquer without danger our triumph is without glory.
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PIERRE CORNEILLE He who allows himself to be insulted, deserves to be.
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PIERRE CORNEILLE A good memory is needed after one has lied.
PIERRE CORNEILLE It takes good memory to keep up a lie.
PIERRE CORNEILLE As great as kings may be, they are what we are: they can err like other men.
PIERRE CORNEILLE Who pardons easily invites offense
PIERRE CORNEILLE A liar is always lavish of oaths.
PIERRE CORNEILLE He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be.
PIERRE CORNEILLE By speaking of our misfortunes we often relieve them.
PIERRE CORNEILLE He who can live in infamy is unworthy of life.
PIERRE CORNEILLE And the combat ceased, for want of combatants.
PIERRE CORNEILLE And the battle ended through lack of combatants.
PIERRE CORNEILLE A service beyond all recompense - Weighs so heavy that it almost gives offense
PIERRE CORNEILLE Reason and love are sworn enemies
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PIERRE CORNEILLE Severity is allowable where gentleness has no effect.
PIERRE CORNEILLE He who does not fear death cares naught for threats.
PIERRE CORNEILLE When the patient loves his disease, how unwilling he is tallow a remedy to be applied.
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PIERRE CORNEILLE The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame.
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PIERRE CORNEILLE Here honor binds me, and I wish to satisfy it.
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PIERRE CORNEILLE Every man of courage is a man of his word.
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PIERRE CORNEILLE Wer es zulässt, dass man ihn beleidigt, verdient es.
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PIERRE DUKAN I can't walk in a toy store in a foreign country without seeing a kid with a minion backpack.
PIERRE COFFIN How can you tell a story with one frame that, by its simplicity, manages to tell a story, a gag that...
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