Pierre Corneille
France
6 Jun 1606 // 1 Oct 1684
Dramatist
6 Jun 1606 // 1 Oct 1684
Dramatist
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I see, I know, I believe, I am undeceived
I don't know how to defend myself: surprised innocence cannot imagine being under suspicion
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
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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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