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
truth long doe
Sir, what does it matter whom I serve, so long as I am right?
love hate fire
It is hard to hate what one has loved, and a half-extinguished fire is soon relit.
betrayal hate rome
Rome, if you do not wish me to betray you, make enemies that I can hate!
hate doubt stills
Doubt, but still hate!
love revenge hate
If you betray me, can I take a better revenge than to love the person you hate?
death destiny glory
Death was to be my glory, but destiny has refused it.
god religion polytheism
As for our gods, we have a few too many to be true.
love love-you religion
I love you much less than my God, but much more than myself.
love love-you innocence
I would tell you I love you, Sir, if I knew what it was to love.
years waiting soul
I am young, it is true; but in noble souls valor does not wait for years.
men virtue great-men
All great virtues become great men. [Fr., Toutes grandes vertus conviennent aux grands hommes.]
despair noble conquer
He who has resolved to conquer or die is seldom conquered; such noble despair perishes with difficulty.
love men virtue
Ah, though a Roman, I am not less a man.
fear power no-fear
Have others fear you, and I will have no fear.