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Pierre Corneille

Pierre Corneille (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ kɔʁnɛj]; Rouen, 6 June 1606 – Paris, 1 October 1684) was a French tragedian. He is generally considered one of the three great seventeenth-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine.

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All great virtues become great men. [Fr. , Toutes grandes vertus conviennent aux grands hommes. ]

Conviennent, Grandes, Grands, Great Men, Men, Virtue

A liar is always lavish of oaths.

Deceit, Lavish, Liar, Liars, Lying, Oaths

Have others fear you, and I will have no fear.

Fear, No Fear, Power

A liar is full of oaths.

Full, Liar, Liars, Lying, Oath, Oaths

Severity is allowable where gentleness has no effect.

Allowable, Effect, Effects, Gentleness, Severity

The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame.

Crime, Scaffold, Shame

To he who avenges a father, nothing is impossible

Avenges, Father, Impossible, Nothing, Nothing Is Impossible

Happiness seems made to be shared.

Happiness, Happy, Laughter, Shared

How much must I overcome before I triumph?

Obstinacy, Overcome, Overcoming, Triumph

He who pardons easily invites offense.

Easily, Invites, Offense, Pardon, Pardons

It matters more how one gives than what one gives

Gives, Giving, Matter, Matters

He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be.

Allows, Deserve, Deserves, Insolence, Insulted, Insulted Him

One is often guilty by being too just.

Guilty

An example is often a deceptive mirror, and the order of destiny, so troubling to our thoughts, is not always found written in things past

Destiny, Mirror, Mirrors, Past, Things, Written

Brave men are brave from the very first.

Brave, Bravery, Firsts, Men

Obedience is a hard profession.

Hard, Obedience, Profession

Deceit is the game of petty spirits, and that is by nature a woman's quality.

Game, Games, Hype, Lying, Petty, Spirits

One often calms one's grief by recounting it.

Bereavement, Calms, Grief, Grieving, Recounting

Do your duty and leave the rest to heaven.

Duty, Duty And Honor, Heaven, Rest

In the service of Caesar, everything is legitimate.

Caesar, Everything, Legitimate, Service

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