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
fear powerful should
Who is all-powerful should fear everything.
powerful crime enough
It is a crime against the State to be powerful enough to commit one.
fear power no-fear
Have others fear you, and I will have no fear.
power command please
Whoever can do as he pleases, commands when he entreats.
kings power desire
The king, just and prudent, wants only those things which he can get.
power wish masters
I am master of myself as of the universe, so I am; so I wish to be.
power world glory
Be it only for a day, it is still a glory without equal to be master of the world just that day.
power risk want
A monarch must sometimes rule even himself: he who wants everything must risk very little.
power omnipotence
Omnipotence is bought with ceaseless fear.
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.