Quotations From PIERRE CORNEILLE

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• 61.

  Master of the universe but not of myself, I am the only rebel against my absolute power.

  Pierre Corneille (1606-1684), French playwright. Titus, in Titus and Berenice (Tite et Bérénice), act 2, sc. 1 (1670). Titus trys to repress his love.
  
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• 62.

  The Throne raises the majesty of kings above scorn and above laws.

  Pierre Corneille (1606-1684), French playwright. Creon, in Medea, act 2, sc. 3 (1635).
• 63.

  The people you killed seem to be in excellent health.

  Pierre Corneille (1606-1684), French playwright. Cliton, in The Liar (Le Menteur), act 4, sc. 2 (1644). Cliton describes the people that the liar falsely claimed to have killed in a duel.
  
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• 64.

  Oh, how sweet it is to pity the fate of an enemy who can no longer threaten us!

  Pierre Corneille (1606-1684), French playwright. Cornelia, in The Death of Pompey (La Mort de Pompée), act 5, sc. 1 (1642).
  
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• 65.

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

  Pierre Corneille (1606-1684), French playwright. Emperor Titus, in Titus and Berenice (Tite et Bérénice), act 4, sc. 5 (1670).
  
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• 66.

  He who wearies of a king can weary of a father.

  Pierre Corneille (1606-1684), French playwright. King Prusias, in Nicomède, act 2, sc. 1 (1651). The king speaks of his rebellious son.
  
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• 67.

  Such subjects are the very strength of kings, and are thus above the law.

  Pierre Corneille (1606-1684), French playwright. King Tullus, in Horace, act 5, sc. 3 (1641). King Tullus forgives the hero Horace, who has saved the state but killed his sister.
  
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• 68.

  Clemency is the noblest trait which can reveal a true monarch to the world.

  Pierre Corneille (1606-1684), French playwright. Livia, in Cinna, act 4, sc. 3 (1641). Livia urges her husband, Augustus, to pardon conspirators.
  
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• 69.

  Tortures are to them what joys are to us.

  Pierre Corneille (1606-1684), French playwright. Pauline, in Polyeucte, act 3, sc. 3 (1641). Pauline is a Roman, speaking of early Christians.
• 70.

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

  Pierre Corneille (1606-1684), French playwright. Nicomède, in Nicomède, act 4, sc. 2 (1651).
  
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