Pierre Corneille

Pierre Corneille

"We never taste a perfect joy our happiest successes are mixed with sadness."
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"We never taste a perfect joy our happiest successes are mixed with sadness."
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"One often calms one's grief by recounting it."
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"The greater the effort, the greater the glory."
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"Every man of courage is a man of his word."
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"A true king is neither husband nor father he considers his throne and nothing else."
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"Happiness seems made to be shared."
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"We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness."
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"Oh rage! Oh despair! Oh age, my enemy!"
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"Each instant of life is a step toward death."
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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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"Self-love is the source of all our other loves."
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"To conquer without risk is to triumph without glory."
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"Ambition having reached the summit longs to descend."
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"Time is a great manager: it arranges things well."
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"We never enjoy perfect happiness our most fortunate successes are mingled with sadness some anxieties always perplex the reality of our satisfaction."
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"Among wellborn spirits courage does not depend on age."
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"I don't know how to defend myself: surprised innocence cannot imagine being under suspicion."
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"To win without risk is to triumph without glory."
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"The fire which seems extinguished often slumbers beneath the ashes."
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"A liar is always lavish of oaths."
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