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
leave outcome
Do your duty, and leave the outcome to the Gods.
relieve speaking
By speaking of our misfortunes we often relieve them.
father impossible nothing-is-impossible
To he who avenges a father, nothing is impossible
life-is stoicism despise
He who despises life is his life's master.
other-half half graves
One half of my life has put the other half in the grave.
fear powerful should
Who is all-powerful should fear everything.
shame crime
The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame.
dare ifs
Guess if you can, choose if you dare.
love love-is tyrants
Love is a tyrant sparing none.
giving heaven gains
Heaven absolves all crimes committed to gain a throne Once Heaven gives it to us.
evil equal good-evil
All evils are equal when they are extreme.
firsts crime impulse
A first impulse was never a crime.
threat fear-not
He who fears not death fears not a threat.
learning triumph conquer
We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger.