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Quote of Pierre Corneille - For souls nobly born valor doesn't...


Biography - Pierre Corneille:

French dramatist.
Born: 1606 - Died: 1684
Period:
17th century
Place of birth: France
France

For souls nobly born valor doesn't await the passing of years.


Note 

Note





For souls nobly born valor doesn't await the passing of years.



Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Aux âmes bien nées, la valeur n’attend point le nombre des années.

German
In edlen Seelen wartet die Tapferkeit nicht auf die Zahl der Jahre.




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Reason, not age, finds wisdom.

People grow old indeed, but who grows wise?




Quotes for: youth


Quotes

Quotes about youth:


The storms of youth occur between days of brilliant sunshine.





Let no one be slow to seek wisdom when he is young nor weary in the search thereof when he is grown old. For no age is too early or too late for the health of the soul.





I nothing had, and yet enough for youth -
Joy in Illusion, ardent thirst for Truth.
Give unrestrained, the old emotion,
The bliss that touched the verge of pain,
The strength of Hate, Love's deep devotion, -
O, give me back my youth again!






It takes a long time to become young.





Youth has no age.





Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death.











Quotes for: soul


Quotes

Quotes about soul:


Science without conscience is only ruin of the soul.





Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.





At any moment you choose you can retire within yourself. Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.





Do not trouble yourself, make yourself simple.





Let no one be slow to seek wisdom when he is young nor weary in the search thereof when he is grown old. For no age is too early or too late for the health of the soul.





Go, nothing is better for the soul
Than to dispel some sadness from a soul!












Quotes

Pierre Corneille also said...


The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.





Time is a great master; it regulates things well.





Learn to know yourself, and descend into yourself.





In the happiness of others I seek my own.





Every man of courage is a man of his word.





And the combat ceased, for want of combatants.












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