216 Quotes by Pierre Corneille

It is an imprudence common to kings to listen to too much advice and to err in their choice.

He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be.

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.

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

Heaven often regulates effects by their causes, and pays the wicked what they have deserved.

To he who avenges a father, nothing is impossible

Every brave man is a man of his word; to such base vices he cannot stoop, and shuns more than death the shame of lying.

To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred.

These flattering mirrors reflect imperfectly what is within; the countenance is often a gay deceiver. What defects of mind lie hidden under its beauty! What fair exteriors conceal base souls!