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Quote of Pierre Corneille - In the happiness of others I...


Biography - Pierre Corneille:

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

In the happiness of others I seek my own.


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Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Dans le bonheur d'autrui, je cherche mon bonheur.

German
Im Glück der andern suche ich mein eignes.




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See also...



To be happy, we must consider the happiness of another.

Whoever is happy will make others happy too.

Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.

To love is to will the good of the other.

Humankind has become so much one family that we cannot ensure our own prosperity except by ensuring that of everyone else. If you wish to be happy yourself, you must resign yourself to seeing others also happy.

My happiness is to increase other people's. To be happy myself I need the happiness of all.




Quotes for: happiness


Quotes

Quotes about happiness:


I have decided to be happy because it's good for my health.





Happiness is sometimes hidden in the unknown.





The world of the happy man is a different one from that of the unhappy man.





Happiness is not easily won; it is hard to find it in ourselves and impossible to find it elsewhere.





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





Nothing is ever finished ; only a little happiness is needed for everything to begin again.











Quotes for: others


Quotes

Quotes about others:


Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.





The usual pretext of those who make others unhappy is that they do it for their own good.





Let the other side be heard as well.
Seneca / 





The best means of learning to know oneself is seeking to understand others.





Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.





Article IV – Liberty consists of doing anything which does not harm others: thus, the exercise of the natural rights of each man has only those borders which assure other members of the society the enjoyment of these same rights. These borders can be determined only by the law.











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.





Every man of courage is a man of his word.





And the combat ceased, for want of combatants.












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