"I can be forced to live without happiness, but I will never consent to live without honor."

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Source : "Le Cid". Tragicomedy by Pierre Corneille (Act II, Scene I), December 1636.

Pierre Corneille

#Honor Quotes #Consent Quotes

“One morning I woke up and found my favorite pigeon, Julius, had died I was devastated and was gonna use his crate as my stickball bat to honor him. I left the crate on my stoop and went in to get something and I returned to see the sanitation man put the crate into the crusher. I rushed him and caught him flush on the temple with a titanic right hand he was out cold, convulsing on the floor like an infantile retard.”
“No one ever lost his job by listening too much.”
“Humor is essential to a full and happy life. It is a reliever and relaxer of pressure and tension, and the saving element in many situations.”
“In excess altercation, truth is lost.”
“At the heart of the gospel is a God who deliberately surrenders to the wild, irresistable power of love.”
“What is forgotten, however, is that many times the Good we create leads to Evil that will destroy us.”
“Busy' is another word for 'asshole'. 'Asshole' is another word for the guy you're dating.”
“Once a person is determined to help themselves, there is nothing that can stop them.”

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