Pierre Corneille Quote Explained: As great as kings may be, they are what we are: they can err like other men.

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For souls nobly born, valor doesn’t await the passing of years

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Born
Soul

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The fire which seems extinguished often slumbers beneath the ashes.

- Pierre Corneille

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Ashes
Fire

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

- Pierre Corneille

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Power
Risk

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To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred.

- Pierre Corneille

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The universe has no prince or king that it [Rome] would consider equal to its humblest citizen.

- Pierre Corneille

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They who overcome their desires once can overcome them always.

- Pierre Corneille

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Ambition displeases when it has been sated … having reached the peak, it aspires to descend.

- Pierre Corneille

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Heaven absolves all crimes committed to gain a throne Once Heaven gives it to us.

- Pierre Corneille

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As great as kings may be, they are what we are: they can err like other men.

As great as kings may be, they are what we are: they can err like other men.

For souls nobly born, valor doesn’t await the passing of years

The fire which seems extinguished often slumbers beneath the ashes.

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

To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred.

The universe has no prince or king that it [Rome] would consider equal to its humblest citizen.

They who overcome their desires once can overcome them always.

Ambition displeases when it has been sated … having reached the peak, it aspires to descend.

Heaven absolves all crimes committed to gain a throne Once Heaven gives it to us.

Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.

I would like the last of the kings to be strangled by the guts of the last priest.

Pale death knocks with impartial foot at poor men’s hovels and king’s palaces.

When a king creates an office, Providence creates immediately a fool to buy it.

The painful secret of gods and kings is that men are free, Aegistheus. You know it and they do not. Explain

Your part can be the king, but unless people are treating you like royalty, you ain’t no king, man.

I started when I was in ‘The King and I’ when I was on Broadway when I was nine.

The stock market is overpriced. Everything is overpriced. Junk is king.

As great as kings may be, they are what we are: they can err like other men.

As great as kings may be, they are what we are: they can err like other men.

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