216 Quotes by Pierre Corneille

For souls nobly born, valor doesn't await the passing of years

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.

How delicious is pleasure after torment!

Ambition aspires to descend

Good fortune leads one to the highest glory, But to renounce it calls for equal courage.

To myself alone do I owe my fame.

Time is a great manager: it arranges things well.

My sweetest hope is to lose hope

Danger breeds best on too much confidence.