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
past destiny order
An example is often a deceptive mirror, and the order of destiny, so troubling to our thoughts, is not always found written in things past
memories lying good-memories
It takes good memory to keep up a lie
memories lying good-memories
One ought to have a good memory when he has told a lie
infamy unworthy
He who can live in infamy is unworthy of life
desire overcoming
They who overcome their desires once can overcome them always.
confidence too-much danger
Danger breeds best on too much confidence.
sympathy sweet ties
There are secret ties, there are sympathies, by the sweet relationship of which souls that are well matched attach themselves to each other, and are affected by I know not what, which cannot be explained
disease patient remedy
When the patient loves his disease, how unwilling he is to allow a remedy to be applied.
forgiving offense invites
Those who easily forgive invite offenses.
long hated can-not
He who is hated by all can not expect to live long.
care doe fear-of-death
He who does not fear death cares naught for threats.
kings men may
As great as kings may be, they are what we are: they can err like other men.
grief grieving bereavement
One often calms one's grief by recounting it.
stars fall dark
This dark brightness that falls from the stars.