Pierre Corneille
Pierre Corneille
Pierre Corneillewas a French tragedian. He is generally considered one of the three great seventeenth-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Jean Racine...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionDramatist
Date of Birth6 June 1606
CountryFrance
heaven duty-and-honor duty
Do your duty and leave the rest to heaven.
birthday christmas giving
The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.
glory fortune renounce
Good fortune leads one to the highest glory, But to renounce it calls for equal courage.
men brave firsts
Brave men are brave from the very first.
motivational success fighting
When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.
great-men wells great-managers
Time is a great manager: it arranges things well.
lying liars deceit
A liar is always lavish of oaths.
love-is self romance
Self-love is the source of all our other loves.
effort glory greater
The greater the effort, the greater the glory.
master universe wish
I am master of myself, as of the Universe; I am, and I wish to be so.
death sweet revenge
How sweet to die after one's enemies.
death sweet revenge
How sweet to die after one's enemies.