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Corneille Quotes: "Here honor binds me, and I wish to satisfy it."

Here honor binds me, and I wish to satisfy it.



Corneille Quotes: "Guess if you can, choose if you dare."

Guess if you can, choose if you dare.




Corneille Quotes: "As our self-interests differ, so do our feelings."

As our self-interests differ, so do our feelings.



Corneille Quotes: "One ought to have a good memory when he has told a lie"

One ought to have a good memory when he has told a lie




Corneille Quotes: "The fire which seems extinguished often slumbers beneath the ashes."

The fire which seems extinguished often slumbers beneath the ashes.



Corneille Quotes: "Every man of courage is a man of his word."

Every man of courage is a man of his word.



Corneille Quotes: "He who allows me to rule is in fact my master"

He who allows me to rule is in fact my master




Corneille Quotes: "I am young, it is true; but in noble souls valor does not wait for years."

I am young, it is true; but in noble souls valor does not wait for years.



Corneille Quotes: "As great as kings may be, they are what we are: they can err like other men."

As great as kings may be, they are what we are: they can err like other men.



Corneille Quotes: "Have others fear you, and I will have no fear."

Have others fear you, and I will have no fear.



Corneille Quotes: "The universe has no prince or king that it [Rome] would consider equal to its humblest citizen."

The universe has no prince or king that it [Rome] would consider equal to its humblest citizen.



Corneille Quotes: "My sweetest hope is to lose hope"

My sweetest hope is to lose hope




Corneille Quotes: "If anyone wants to know what elephants are like, they are like people only more so."

If anyone wants to know what elephants are like, they are like people only more so.



Corneille Quotes: "Your heart is mine; there I reign. I am content."

Your heart is mine; there I reign. I am content.



Corneille Quotes: "I would not like a king who could obey."

I would not like a king who could obey.



Corneille Quotes: "I don't know how to defend myself: surprised innocence cannot imagine being under suspicion."

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



Corneille Quotes: "Among wellborn spirits courage does not depend on age."

Among wellborn spirits courage does not depend on age.



Corneille Quotes: "Each instant of life is a step toward death."

Each instant of life is a step toward death.



Corneille Quotes: "It is hard to hate what one has loved, and a half-extinguished fire is soon relit."

It is hard to hate what one has loved, and a half-extinguished fire is soon relit.



Corneille Quotes: "He who fears not death fears not a threat."

He who fears not death fears not a threat.



Corneille Quotes: "They who overcome their desires once can overcome them always."

They who overcome their desires once can overcome them always.



Corneille Quotes: "The greater the risk, the sweeter the fruit."

The greater the risk, the sweeter the fruit.



Corneille Quotes: "Every brave man is a man of his word; to such base vices he cannot stoop, and shuns more than death the shame of lying."

Every brave man is a man of his word; to such base vices he cannot stoop, and shuns more than death the shame of lying.



Corneille Quotes: "Those who easily forgive invite offenses."

Those who easily forgive invite offenses.



Corneille Quotes: "Ambition displeases when it has been sated ... having reached the peak, it aspires to descend."

Ambition displeases when it has been sated ... having reached the peak, it aspires to descend.



Corneille Quotes: "It is the guilt, not the scaffold, which constitutes the shame."

It is the guilt, not the scaffold, which constitutes the shame.



Corneille Quotes: "Violence is just, where kindness is vain."

Violence is just, where kindness is vain.



Corneille Quotes: "I would tell you I love you, Sir, if I knew what it was to love."

I would tell you I love you, Sir, if I knew what it was to love.



Corneille Quotes: "It is an imprudence common to kings to listen to too much advice and to err in their choice."

It is an imprudence common to kings to listen to too much advice and to err in their choice.



Corneille Quotes: "Ah, though a Roman, I am not less a man."

Ah, though a Roman, I am not less a man.



Corneille Quotes: "All great virtues become great men. [Fr., Toutes grandes vertus conviennent aux grands hommes.]"

All great virtues become great men. [Fr., Toutes grandes vertus conviennent aux grands hommes.]



Corneille Quotes: "When obedience is so impious, revolt is a necessity."

When obedience is so impious, revolt is a necessity.



Corneille Quotes: "Happiness is meant to be shared."

Happiness is meant to be shared.



Corneille Quotes: "I love you much less than my God, but much more than myself."

I love you much less than my God, but much more than myself.



Corneille Quotes: "Heaven absolves all crimes committed to gain a throne Once Heaven gives it to us."

Heaven absolves all crimes committed to gain a throne Once Heaven gives it to us.



Corneille Quotes: "Be it only for a day, it is still a glory without equal to be master of the world just that day."

Be it only for a day, it is still a glory without equal to be master of the world just that day.



Corneille Quotes: "It is the gift of heaven and not of reason."

It is the gift of heaven and not of reason.



Corneille Quotes: "The king, just and prudent, wants only those things which he can get."

The king, just and prudent, wants only those things which he can get.



Corneille Quotes: "I am master of myself as of the universe, so I am; so I wish to be."

I am master of myself as of the universe, so I am; so I wish to be.



Corneille Quotes: "It is only blood that can wash away such an outrage; die or kill."

It is only blood that can wash away such an outrage; die or kill.



Corneille Quotes: "Your arm is unvanquished, but not invincible."

Your arm is unvanquished, but not invincible.



Corneille Quotes: "Rome is no longer in Rome, it is here where I am."

Rome is no longer in Rome, it is here where I am.



Corneille Quotes: "Happiness seems made to be shared. [Fr., Le bonheur semble fait pour etre partage.]"

Happiness seems made to be shared. [Fr., Le bonheur semble fait pour etre partage.]



Corneille Quotes: "He on whom heaven confers a sceptre knows not the weight till he bears it."

He on whom heaven confers a sceptre knows not the weight till he bears it.



Corneille Quotes: "He should be envied Who when his strength is spent lays down his life. Old age reserves a melancholy fate For noble souls before their life is done."

He should be envied Who when his strength is spent lays down his life. Old age reserves a melancholy fate For noble souls before their life is done.



Corneille Quotes: "Rome alone can resist Rome."

Rome alone can resist Rome.



Corneille Quotes: "It takes good memory to keep up a lie"

It takes good memory to keep up a lie



Corneille Quotes: "I am Roman, alas, because Horace is Roman."

I am Roman, alas, because Horace is Roman.



Corneille Quotes: "Sir, what does it matter whom I serve, so long as I am right?"

Sir, what does it matter whom I serve, so long as I am right?