More quotes by Pierre Corneille
As great as kings may be, they are what we are: they can err like other men.
Oh, how sweet it is to pity the fate of an enemy, when we have no longer anything to fear from him!
He who is insulted has a right to be outraged, as unpunished audacity only increases!
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In much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
Men are we, and must grieve when even the Shade
Of that which once was great, is passed away.
Happiness is beneficial for the body but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind.
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