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Quotes from Tite et Bérénice (Titus and Berenice) — Pierre Corneille

1606–1684 France

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5 quotes

Each instant of life is a step toward death.

Tite et Bérénice (Titus and Berenice) (1670)

They who overcome their desires once can overcome them always.

Tite et Bérénice (Titus and Berenice) (1670)

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

Tite et Bérénice (Titus and Berenice) (1670)

A monarch must sometimes rule even himself:
He who wants everything must risk very little.

Tite et Bérénice (Titus and Berenice) (1670)

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

Tite et Bérénice (Titus and Berenice) (1670)

Attribution

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