Severity is allowable where gentleness has no effect. Pierre Corneille More Quotes by Pierre Corneille More Quotes From Pierre Corneille Rome alone can resist Rome. Pierre Corneille me-alone rome Ambition aspires to descend Pierre Corneille aspire ambition Just as We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness. So too we never taste sadness completely, as things could always be worse in some way and for this we can be grateful. Pierre Corneille gratitude grateful sadness Happiness is meant to be shared. Pierre Corneille meant-to-be We never taste a perfect joy; our happiest successes are mixed with sadness. Pierre Corneille sadness perfect joy 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. Pierre Corneille fate soul age The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame. Pierre Corneille shame crime Your heart is mine; there I reign. I am content. Pierre Corneille reign heart sweet A good memory is needed after one has lied. Pierre Corneille good-memories lied memories The fire which seems extinguished often slumbers beneath the ashes. Pierre Corneille slumber ashes fire Every man of courage is a man of his word. Pierre Corneille every-man men Desire increases when fulfillment is postponed. Pierre Corneille increase fulfillment desire How much must I overcome before I triumph? Pierre Corneille obstinacy triumph overcoming The universe has no prince or king that it [Rome] would consider equal to its humblest citizen. Pierre Corneille rome democracy kings When obedience is so impious, revolt is a necessity. Pierre Corneille piety rebellion obedience A good memory is needed once we have lied. Pierre Corneille lied memories lying I believe everything to be just when a king ordains it. Pierre Corneille kings justice believe Be it only for a day, it is still a glory without equal to be master of the world just that day. Pierre Corneille glory power world I am Roman, alas, because Horace is Roman. Pierre Corneille fidelity patriotism marriage Your Christians, whom one persecutes in vain, have something in them that surpasses the human. They lead a life of such innocence,that the heavens owe them some recognition: that they arise the stronger the more they are beaten down is hardly the result of common virtues. Pierre Corneille stronger christian heaven
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