Just as We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness. So too we never taste sadness completely, as things could always be worse in some way and for this we can be grateful.
In the service of Caesar, everything is legitimate. - Pierre Corneille
In the service of Caesar, everything is legitimate.
- Pierre Corneille
One often calms one's grief by recounting it. - Pierre Corneille
One often calms one's grief by recounting it.
Patience and time conquer all things. - Pierre Corneille
Patience and time conquer all things.
The greater the effort, the greater the glory. - Pierre Corneille
The greater the effort, the greater the glory.
When the patient loves his disease, how unwilling he is to allow a remedy to be applied. - Pierre Corneille
When the patient loves his disease, how unwilling he is to allow a remedy to be applied.
Self-love is the source of all our other loves. - Pierre Corneille
Self-love is the source of all our other loves.
The manner of giving is worth more than the gift. - Pierre Corneille
The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.
Each instant of life is a step toward death. - Pierre Corneille
Each instant of life is a step toward death.
As our self-interests differ, so do our feelings. - Pierre Corneille
As our self-interests differ, so do our feelings.
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