Pierre Corneille Quotes

We never enjoy perfect happiness our most fortunate successes are mingled with sadness some anxieties always perplex the reality of our satisfaction.

To win without risk is to triumph without glory.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Time is a great manager: it arranges things well.

The fire which seems extinguished often slumbers beneath the ashes.

To conquer without risk is to triumph without glory.

I don't know how to defend myself: surprised innocence cannot imagine being under suspicion.

A liar is always lavish of oaths.

Ambition having reached the summit longs to descend.

I can be forced to live without happiness, but I will never consent to live without honor.

Among wellborn spirits courage does not depend on age.