Pierre Corneille Quotes

A liar is always lavish of oaths.

~ Pierre Corneille

The fire which seems extinguished often slumbers beneath the ashes.

~ Pierre Corneille

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

~ Pierre Corneille

I don't know how to defend myself: surprised innocence cannot imagine being under suspicion.

~ Pierre Corneille

Time is a great manager: it arranges things well.

~ Pierre Corneille

We never enjoy perfect happiness our most fortunate successes are mingled with sadness some anxieties always perplex the reality of our satisfaction.

~ Pierre Corneille

To conquer without risk is to triumph without glory.

~ Pierre Corneille

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

~ Pierre Corneille

To die for one's country is such a worthy fate that all compete for so beautiful a death.

~ Pierre Corneille

Each instant of life is a step toward death.

~ Pierre Corneille

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

~ 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

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

~ Pierre Corneille

Every man of courage is a man of his word.

~ Pierre Corneille

The greater the effort, the greater the glory.

~ Pierre Corneille

One often calms one's grief by recounting it.

~ Pierre Corneille

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

~ Pierre Corneille