What did Pierre Corneille mean by: Ambition displeases when it has been sated … having reached the peak, it aspires to descend. - Pierre Corneille Playwright · France Copy
+ A liar is always lavish of oaths. [Fr., Un menteur est toujours prodigue de serments.] Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Pierre Corneille, Liars, Lying, Oath, 0 - Pierre Corneille Playwright · France
+ We never taste a perfect joy; our happiest successes are mixed with sadness. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Pierre Corneille, Joy, Perfect, Sad, 0 - Pierre Corneille Playwright · France
+ I can be forced to live without happiness, but I will never consent to live without honor. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Pierre Corneille, Consent, Honor, 0 - Pierre Corneille Playwright · France
+ Oh, how sweet it is to pity the fate of an enemy who can no longer threaten us! Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Pierre Corneille, Enemy, Fate, Sweet, 0 - Pierre Corneille Playwright · France
+ It is only blood that can wash away such an outrage; die or kill. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Pierre Corneille, Blood, Outrage, Revenge, 0 - Pierre Corneille Playwright · France
+ It is the guilt, not the scaffold, which constitutes the shame. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Pierre Corneille, Guilt, Shame, 0 - Pierre Corneille Playwright · France
+ When the patient loves his disease, how unwilling he is to allow a remedy to be applied. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Pierre Corneille, Disease, Patience, Remedy, 0 - Pierre Corneille Playwright · France
+ To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Pierre Corneille, Hatred, Revenge, 0 - Pierre Corneille Playwright · France
Reign, and keep life in this our deep desireOur only greatness is that we aspire. - Jean Ingelow Poet · England
Everyone is ambition. The question is whether he is ambitious to be or to do. - Jean Monnet Economist
Certain dressmakers desire to pass for an artist. I have one ambition: that is to have good taste. - Jean Patou Fashion designer · France
What is your greatest ambition in life?’ ‘To become immortal… and then die. - Jean-Luc Godard Filmmaker · France
Are parents always more ambitious for their children than they are for themselves? - Jeffrey Archer Author · England
I do have big ambitions, but I think we all do. I just want to keep working hard and being happy. - Jennifer Lawrence Actress
It is better to be lucky than good, but of course appropriate to aspire to both. - Jeremy Grantham Financier
