Quotes by Pierre Corneille

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

“A liar is always lavish of oaths.”

“The fire which seems extinguished often slumbers beneath the ashes.”

“The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.”

“To win without risk is to triumph without glory.”

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

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

“Each instant of life is a step toward death.”

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

“We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness.”

“Happiness seems made to be shared.”

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

“Every man of courage is a man of his word.”

“The greater the effort, the greater the glory.”

“One often calms one's grief by recounting it.”

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

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

“Among wellborn spirits courage does not depend on age.”

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

“Time is a great manager: it arranges things well.”