What did Pierre Corneille mean by: The universe has no prince or king that it [Rome] would consider equal to its humblest citizen. - Pierre Corneille Playwright · France Copy
+ Ambition displeases when it has been sated … having reached the peak, it aspires to descend. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Pierre Corneille, Ambitious, Aspire, 0 - Pierre Corneille Playwright · France
+ Heaven absolves all crimes committed to gain a throne Once Heaven gives it to us. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Pierre Corneille, Heaven, Thrones, 0 - Pierre Corneille Playwright · France
+ They who overcome their desires once can overcome them always. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Pierre Corneille, Desire, Overcoming, 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
+ 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
+ Be it only for a day, it is still a glory without equal to be master of the world just that day. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Pierre Corneille, Glory, Power, 0 - Pierre Corneille Playwright · France
+ The king, just and prudent, wants only those things which he can get. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Pierre Corneille, Desire, Kings, Power, 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
All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
I would like the last of the kings to be strangled by the guts of the last priest. - Jean Meslier Priest · France
When a king creates an office, Providence creates immediately a fool to buy it. - Jean-Baptiste Colbert
Europe is a democracy and differences of opinion are part of it. - Jean-Claude Juncker Politician · Luxembourg
In the strict sense of the term, a true democracy has never existed, and never will exist. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
The painful secret of gods and kings is that men are free, Aegistheus. You know it and they do not. Explain - Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopher · France
