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Pierre Corneille was a 17th-century French tragedian. Pierre Corneille was a French tragedian. He is generally considered one of the three great 17th-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine. Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • Happiness — Thoughts on finding joy, contentment, and fulfilment

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“I can be forced to live without happiness, but I will never consent to live without honor.”
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“A liar is always lavish of oaths.”
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“The fire which seems extinguished often slumbers beneath the ashes.”
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“To win without risk is to triumph without glory.”
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“Self-love is the source of all our other loves.”
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“To die for one's country is such a worthy fate that all compete for so beautiful a death.”
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