Pierre Corneille
France
6 Jun 1606 // 1 Oct 1684
Dramatist
6 Jun 1606 // 1 Oct 1684
Dramatist
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I can be forced to live without happiness, but I will never consent to live without honor
How delicious is pleasure after torment!
He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be so; and insolence, if unpunished, increases
Flee an enemy who knows your weakness
Every man of courage is a man of his word
Desire increases when fulfillment is postponed
Danger breeds best on too much confidence
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
Whoever can do as he pleases, commands when he entreats
By speaking of our misfortunes we often relieve them
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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