Top 15 Pierre Corneille Quotes

A liar is always lavish of oaths.

To win without risk is to triumph without glory.

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

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

The fire which seems extinguished often slumbers beneath the ashes.

He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be.

Love lives on hope, and dies when hope is dead;
It is a flame which sinks for lack of fuel.

A good memory is needed after one has lied.

A vaincre sans péril, on triomphe sans gloire.

We read that we ought to forgive our enemies; but we do not read that we ought to forgive our friends.

Va, je ne te hais point.

Ah! qu'avec peu d'effet on entend la raison,
Quand le cœur est atteint d'un si charmant poison!
Et lorsque le malade aime sa maladie,
Qu'il a peine à souffrir que l'on y remédie!

Pour grands que soient les rois, ils sont ce que nous sommes: Ils peuvent se tromper comme les autres hommes.

"Je ne dois qu'à moi seul toute ma renommée."

(L'Excuse à Ariste)

The fire which seems out often sleeps beneath the cinders.