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The subject of a good tragedy must not be realistic.
Pierre Corneille
Tragedy
This dark brightness that falls from the stars.
Pierre Corneille
Stars
To die for one's country is such a worthy fate that all compete for so beautiful a death.
Pierre Corneille
Death
Country
Fate
To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred.
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Court
Disaster
Hatred
Revenge
To vanquish without peril is to triumph without glory.
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Glory
The greater the effort, the greater the glory.
Pierre Corneille
Effort
Glory
Treachery is noble when aimed at tyranny.
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Treachery
Tyranny
To conquer without danger is to conquer without glory.
Pierre Corneille
Danger
Glory
We never taste a perfect joy; our happiest successes are mixed with sadness.
Pierre Corneille
Joy
Sadness
Taste
We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness.
Pierre Corneille
Happiness
Perfection
Sadness
Taste
We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger.
Pierre Corneille
Danger
Glory
When the patient loves his disease, how unwilling he is to allow a remedy to be applied.
Pierre Corneille
Disease
When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.
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Fight
Glory
When we conquer without danger our triumph is without glory.
Pierre Corneille
Danger
Glory
It is the crime not the scaffold which is the disgrace.
Pierre Corneille
Crime
Disgrace