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Pierre Corneille

Quote of Pierre Corneille - Every moment of life is a...


Biography - Pierre Corneille:

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

Every moment of life is a step towards death.



Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Chaque instant de la vie est un pas vers la mort.

German
Jeder Augenblick im Leben ist ein Schritt zum Tode hin.




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The day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying.




Quotes for: life


Quotes

Quotes about life:


As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.





Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life.





A happy life, therefore, is one which is in accordance with its own nature.





There is more to life than increasing its speed.





To live means to love, but above all, to love life.





Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.











Quotes for: death


Quotes

Quotes about death:


As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death.





The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.





Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.





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.





A free man thinks of nothing less than of death, and his wisdom is a meditation, not on death, but on life.





After your death you will be what you were before your birth.











Quotes

Pierre Corneille also said...


The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.





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





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.












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