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Quote of Pierre Corneille - Learn to know yourself, and descend...


Biography - Pierre Corneille:

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

Learn to know yourself, and descend into yourself.
Pierre Corneille - Cinna


Note 

Note




Quote source: Cinna

Wikisource - Théâtre de Pierre Corneille (fr) 



Learn to know yourself, and descend into yourself.


Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Apprends à te connaître, et descends en toi-même.
Pierre Corneille - Cinna

German
Geh in dich selbst, und lerne dich erkennen.
Pierre Corneille - Cinna



See also 

See also...



Observe what your nature requires of you.
Marcus Aurelius - Meditations

'Know yourself' is the whole of science. Only at the end of the perception of all things will man have recognized himself. For things are only the borders of man.
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - The Dawn

I went in search of myself.
Heraclitus of Ephesus

One must know oneself. If this does not serve to discover truth, it at least serves as a rule of life, and there is nothing better.
Blaise Pascal - Pensées

Keep looking straight forward to the goal to which Nature is leading you, Universal Nature through what befalls you, and your own nature by what has to be done by yourself.
Marcus Aurelius - Meditations



Quotes for: oneself


Quotes

Quotes about oneself:


It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves.
Katherine Mansfield / 





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





A happy life, therefore, is one which is in accordance with its own nature.
Seneca - De Vita Beata / 





The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.
Michel de Montaigne - Essays / 





Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
Leo Tolstoy / 





Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.
Robert Green Ingersoll / 






All about oneself...




Quotes

Pierre Corneille also said...


Time is a great master; it regulates things well.
Pierre Corneille - Sertorius / 





The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.
Pierre Corneille - The Liar / 





For souls nobly born valor doesn't await the passing of years.
Pierre Corneille - Le Cid / 





In the happiness of others I seek my own.
Pierre Corneille - Le Cid / 





Every man of courage is a man of his word.
Pierre Corneille / 





And the combat ceased, for want of combatants.
Pierre Corneille - Le Cid / 







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