What did Pierre Corneille mean by: Clemency is the noblest trait which can reveal a true monarch to the world. - 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
+ Rome, if you do not wish me to betray you, make enemies that I can hate! Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Pierre Corneille, Betray, Hate, Rome, 0 - Pierre Corneille Playwright · France
+ I am young, it is true; but in noble souls valor does not wait for years. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Pierre Corneille, Soul, Waiting, 0 - Pierre Corneille Playwright · France
+ If you betray me, can I take a better revenge than to love the person you hate? Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Pierre Corneille, Hate, Love, Revenge, 0 - Pierre Corneille Playwright · France
+ After having won a scepter, few are so generous as to disdain the pleasures of ruling. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Pierre Corneille, Pleasure, Ruling, 0 - Pierre Corneille Playwright · France
+ All great virtues become great men. [Fr., Toutes grandes vertus conviennent aux grands hommes.] Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Pierre Corneille, Great Men, Virtue, 0 - Pierre Corneille Playwright · France
+ He on whom heaven confers a sceptre knows not the weight till he bears it. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Pierre Corneille, Heaven, Kings, Weight, 0 - Pierre Corneille Playwright · France
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