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
shame crime
The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame.
firsts crime impulse
A first impulse was never a crime.
powerful crime enough
It is a crime against the State to be powerful enough to commit one.
glory virtue crime
Your virtue raises your glory above your crime.
punishment crime disgrace
It is the crime not the scaffold which is the disgrace.
await born nobly passing souls valor
True, I am young, but for souls nobly born valor doesn't await the passing of years.
A Victory without danger is a triumph without glory.
Guess, if you can, and choose, if you dare.
conquer danger
To conquer without danger is to conquer without glory.
fate soul age
He should be envied Who when his strength is spent lays down his life. Old age reserves a melancholy fate For noble souls before their life is done.
enemy weakness knows
Flee an enemy who knows your weakness.
conquer danger triumph
When we conquer without danger our triumph is without glory.
flame lack
It is a flame which sinks for lack of fuel.
To vanquish without peril is to triumph without glory.