Patience and time conquer all things. Pierre Corneille More Quotes by Pierre Corneille More Quotes From Pierre Corneille One is often guilty by being too just. Pierre Corneille guilty Let us attend to the present, and as to the future we shall know how to manage when the occasion arrives. Pierre Corneille occasionsknow-howknows If you betray me, can I take a better revenge than to love the person you hate? Pierre Corneille haterevengelove Good fortune leads one to the highest glory, But to renounce it calls for equal courage. Pierre Corneille renouncegloryfortune Love is a tyrant sparing none. Pierre Corneille tyrantslove-islove I agree to, or rather aspire to, my doom. Pierre Corneille doomagreeagreement A liar is full of oaths. Pierre Corneille oathliarslying Peace is produced by war. Pierre Corneille warpeace As for our gods, we have a few too many to be true. Pierre Corneille polytheismgodreligion Oh rage! Oh despair! Oh age, my enemy! Pierre Corneille despairbirthdayenemy He who allows me to rule is in fact my master Pierre Corneille mastersfacts Treachery is noble when aimed at tyranny. Pierre Corneille tyrantsnobletyranny To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred. Pierre Corneille life-and-lovehatredrevenge Your virtue raises your glory above your crime. Pierre Corneille crimevirtueglory He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be. Pierre Corneille insulted-himinsolencedeserve He who despises life is his life's master. Pierre Corneille stoicismmasterslife-is Have others fear you, and I will have no fear. Pierre Corneille no-fearpowerfear The worst of all States is the democratic State. Pierre Corneille despotismdemocracystates Oh, how sweet it is to pity the fate of an enemy who can no longer threaten us! Pierre Corneille fatesweetenemy Ambition becomes displeasing when it is once satiated; there is a reaction; and as our spirit, till our last sigh, is always aiming toward some object, it falls back on itself, having nothing else on which to rest; and having reached the summit, it longs to descend. Pierre Corneille lastsambitionfall
