What did Pierre Corneille mean by: If anyone wants to know what elephants are like, they are like people only more so. Pierre Corneille Playwright · France Copy
+ Brave men are brave from the very first. [Fr., Les hommes valeureux le sont au premier coup.] Author, December 23, 2023January 1, 2025, Pierre Corneille, Character, Consistency, Courage, 0 Pierre Corneille Playwright · France
+ They who overcome their desires once can overcome them always. Author, December 23, 2023January 1, 2025, Pierre Corneille, Persistence, Resilience, Self-control, 0 Pierre Corneille Playwright · France
+ It is the guilt, not the scaffold, which constitutes the shame. Author, December 23, 2023January 1, 2025, Pierre Corneille, Guilt, Shame, 0 Pierre Corneille Playwright · France
+ The king, just and prudent, wants only those things which he can get. Author, December 23, 2023January 1, 2025, Pierre Corneille, Desire, Justice, Prudence, 0 Pierre Corneille Playwright · France
+ Oh, how sweet it is to pity the fate of an enemy who can no longer threaten us! Author, December 23, 2023January 1, 2025, Pierre Corneille, Compassion, Power, Security, 0 Pierre Corneille Playwright · France
+ Sir, what does it matter whom I serve, so long as I am right? Author, December 23, 2023January 1, 2025, Pierre Corneille, Independence, Integrity, Justice, 0 Pierre Corneille Playwright · France
+ A true king is neither husband nor father; he considers his throne and nothing else. Author, December 23, 2023January 1, 2025, Pierre Corneille, Duty, Power, Sacrifice, 0 Pierre Corneille Playwright · France
+ Ambition displeases when it has been sated … having reached the peak, it aspires to descend. Author, December 23, 2023January 1, 2025, Pierre Corneille, Ambition, Descent, Satisfaction, 0 Pierre Corneille Playwright · France
The body is to be compared, not to a physical object, but rather to a work of art. Maurice Merleau-Ponty Philosopher · France
Whenever I see a Frans Hals I feel like painting, but when I see a Rembrandt I feel like giving up! Max Liebermann Painter · Germany
