The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.
Pierre Corneille
The subject of a good tragedy must not be realistic.
Pierre Corneille
They who overcome their desires once can overcome them always.
Pierre Corneille
This dark brightness that falls from the stars.
Pierre Corneille
Those who easily forgive invite offenses.
Pierre Corneille
To conquer without danger is to conquer without glory.
Pierre Corneille
To die for one's country is such a worthy fate that all compete for so beautiful a death.
Pierre Corneille
To he who avenges a father, nothing is impossible.
Pierre Corneille
To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred.
Pierre Corneille
To vanquish without peril is to triumph without glory.
Pierre Corneille
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
Pierre Corneille
Treachery is noble when aimed at tyranny.
Pierre Corneille
True, I am young, but for souls nobly born valor doesn't await the passing of years.
Pierre Corneille
We never taste a perfect joy; our happiest successes are mixed with sadness.
Pierre Corneille
We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness.
Pierre Corneille
We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger.
Pierre Corneille
When the patient loves his disease, how unwilling he is to allow a remedy to be applied.
Pierre Corneille
When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.
Pierre Corneille
When we conquer without danger our triumph is without glory.
Pierre Corneille
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