Quotes by : Pierre Corneille

We never taste a perfect joy our happiest successes are mixed with sadness.

We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness.

To win without risk is to triumph without glory.

To die for one's country is such a worthy fate that all compete for so beautiful a death.

Each instant of life is a step toward death.

Ambition having reached the summit longs to descend.

We never enjoy perfect happiness our most fortunate successes are mingled with sadness some anxieties....

Among wellborn spirits courage does not depend on age.

Every man of courage is a man of his word.

The greater the effort, the greater the glory.