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Pierre Corneille

15 quotes

Sometimes a single quote is enough to make a name memorable. Pierre Corneille has given us several. Their thinking spans from Happiness to Death, revealing a mind that refused to stay in one lane. 17 of Pierre Corneille's sharpest quotes live here, spanning themes of Happiness, Death, Power, War, and Sympathy. To get a sense of their style, try: "To die for one's country is such a worthy fate that all compete for so beautiful a death."

“My sweetest hope is to lose hope.”

— Pierre Corneille

Hope

All Quotes by Pierre Corneille

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

— Pierre Corneille

Power

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

— Pierre Corneille

Death

“Peace is produced by war.”

— Pierre Corneille

Peace

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

— Pierre Corneille

Death

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

— Pierre Corneille

Happiness

“Master of the universe but not of myself, I am the only rebel against my absolute power.”

— Pierre Corneille

Power

“My sweetest hope is to lose hope.”

— Pierre Corneille

Hope

“Deceit is the game of petty spirits, and that is by nature a woman's quality.”

— Pierre Corneille

Nature

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

— Pierre Corneille

Happiness

“Happiness seems made to be shared.”

— Pierre Corneille

Happiness

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

— Pierre Corneille

Age

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

— Pierre Corneille

Sad

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

— Pierre Corneille

Courage

“He who does not fear death cares naught for threats.”

— Pierre Corneille

Death

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

— Pierre Corneille

Sympathy