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
men every-man
Every man of courage is a man of his word.
kings men may
As great as kings may be, they are what we are: they can err like other men.
lying men brave
Every brave man is a man of his word; to such base vices he cannot stoop, and shuns more than death the shame of lying.
men injury he-man
The man who pardons easily courts injury.
men virtue great-men
All great virtues become great men. [Fr., Toutes grandes vertus conviennent aux grands hommes.]
love men virtue
Ah, though a Roman, I am not less a man.
men virtue great-men
All great virtues become great men.
men brave firsts
Brave men are brave from the very first. [Fr., Les hommes valeureux le sont au premier coup.]
men one-man preserves
What destroys one man preserves another.
men brave firsts
Brave men are brave from the very first.
great-men wells great-managers
Time is a great manager: it arranges things well.
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.