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Pierre Corneille on Mother's Day

1606–1684 France

← All quotes by Pierre Corneille

6 quotes

Self-love is the source of all our other loves.

Tite et Bérénice (Titus and Berenice) (1670)

I love you much less than my God, but much more than myself.

Polyeucte (1642)

It is hard to hate what one has loved,
And a half-extinguished fire is soon relit.

Sertorius (1662)

Reason and love are sworn enemies.

If you betray me, can I take a better revenge
Than to love the person you hate?

Tite et Bérénice (Titus and Berenice) (1670)

Love is a tyrant, sparing none.

Le Cid (1636)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Pierre Corneille (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.