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French tragic dramatist whose plays treat grand moral themes in elegant verse (1606-1684)

He who allows himself to be insulted, deserves to be. Pierre Corneille »
Love is the extra effort we make in our dealings with those whom we do not like and once you understand that, you understand all. This idea that love overtakes you is nonsense. This is but a polite manifestation of sex. To love another you have to undertake some fragment of their destiny. Pierre Corneille »
Love lives on hope, and dies when hope is dead Pierre Corneille »
To win without risk is to triumph without glory. Pierre Corneille »
When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph. Pierre Corneille »
When we conquer without danger our triumph is without glory. Pierre Corneille »

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