WIST Quotations https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Fri, 24 Apr 2026 22:16:01 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg Corneille, Pierre – WIST Quotations https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 Corneille, Pierre -- Horace, Act 2, sc. 8 (1640) https://wist.info/coreneille-pierre/29871/ https://wist.info/coreneille-pierre/29871/#respond Thu, 09 Jul 2015 19:47:57 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/?p=29871 Do your duty, and leave the outcome to the Gods.


Pierre Corneille (1606-1684) French tragedian
Horace, Act 2, sc. 8 (1640) ]]> https://wist.info/coreneille-pierre/29871/feed/ 0 29871 Corneille, Pierre -- Le Menteur, 1.1 (1642) https://wist.info/coreneille-pierre/14890/ https://wist.info/coreneille-pierre/14890/#respond Fri, 17 Jun 2011 11:58:14 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/?p=14890 The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.


Pierre Corneille (1606-1684) French tragedian
Le Menteur, 1.1 (1642) ]]> https://wist.info/coreneille-pierre/14890/feed/ 0 14890 Corneille, Pierre -- The Cid, Act 2, sc. 6 [Don Fernando / King] (1636) [tr. Landis (1931)] https://wist.info/coreneille-pierre/61740/ https://wist.info/coreneille-pierre/61740/#respond Mon, 10 Jul 2023 15:18:32 +0000 Dave https://wist.info/?p=61740 Danger breeds best on too much confidence.


Pierre Corneille (1606-1684) French tragedian
The Cid, Act 2, sc. 6 [Don Fernando / King] (1636) [tr. Landis (1931)]
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Alternate translation:

Too much confidence brings on danger.
[tr. Mongan (1896)]
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