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
betrayal hate rome
Rome, if you do not wish me to betray you, make enemies that I can hate!
kings rome democracy
The universe has no prince or king that it [Rome] would consider equal to its humblest citizen.
rome exile
Rome is no longer in Rome, it is here where I am.
rome me-alone
Rome alone can resist Rome.
almost beyond gives heavy offense service weighs
A service beyond all recompense - Weighs so heavy that it almost gives offense
gods
Do your duty, and let the gods do the rest.
leave outcome
Do your duty, and leave the outcome to the Gods.
battle ended lack
And the battle ended through lack of combatants.
disease loves patient remedy unwilling
When the patient loves his disease, how unwilling he is tallow a remedy to be applied.
conquer danger triumph
When we conquer without danger our triumph is without glory.
relieve speaking
By speaking of our misfortunes we often relieve them.
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.
To vanquish without peril is to triumph without glory.