About Pierre Corneille

Pierre Corneille
Pierre Corneille was a French tragedian who was one of the three great seventeenth-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine. He has been called “the founder of French tragedy” and produced plays for nearly forty years. Wikipedia
June 6, 1606, Rouen
October 1, 1684, Paris
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Pierre Corneille Quotes

Each instant of life is a step toward death.
~ Pierre Corneille
Titus and Berenice (1670)
Self-love is the source of all our other loves.
~ Pierre Corneille
Titus and Berenice (1670)
They who overcome their desires once can overcome them always.
~ Pierre Corneille
Titus and Berenice (1670)
Reason and love are sworn enemies.
~ Pierre Corneille
The Window (1631)
It takes a good memory to keep up a lie.
~ Pierre Corneille
The Liar (1643)
The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.
~ Pierre Corneille
The Liar (1643)
As our self-interests differ, so do our feelings.
~ Pierre Corneille
The Death of Pompey (1642)
Death was to be my glory, but destiny has refused it.
~ Pierre Corneille
The Death of Pompey (1642)
One is often guilty by being too just.
~ Pierre Corneille
The Death of Pompey (1642)
They were more than kings, now they are less than slaves.
~ Pierre Corneille
Sertorius (1662)
How sweet to die after one’s enemies.
~ Pierre Corneille
Rodogune (1644)
Desire increases when fulfillment is postponed.
~ Pierre Corneille
Polyeucte (1642)
I agree to, or rather aspire to, my doom.
~ Pierre Corneille
Polyeucte (1642)
I love you much less than my God, but much more than myself.
~ Pierre Corneille
Polyeucte (1642)
The greater the effort, the greater the glory.
~ Pierre Corneille
Polyeucte (1642)
My generosity finally cedes to her hatred.
~ Pierre Corneille
Nicomède (1651)
Brave men are brave from the very first.
~ Pierre Corneille
Le Cid (1636)
He who can live in infamy is unworthy of life.
~ Pierre Corneille
Le Cid (1636)
He who fears not death fears not a threat.
~ Pierre Corneille
Le Cid (1636)
Love is a tyrant, sparing none.
~ Pierre Corneille
Le Cid (1636)
To he who avenges a father, nothing is impossible.
~ Pierre Corneille
Le Cid (1636)
All evils are equal when they are extreme.
~ Pierre Corneille
Horace (1639)
Do your duty, and leave the rest to heaven.
~ Pierre Corneille
Horace (1639)
He who pardons easily invites offense.
~ Pierre Corneille
Cinna (1641)
Who is all-powerful should fear everything.
~ Pierre Corneille
Cinna (1641)
Guess if you can, choose if you dare.
~ Pierre Corneille
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
~ Pierre Corneille
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We never enjoy perfect happiness; our most fortunate successes are mingled with sadness; some anxieties always perplex the reality of our satisfaction.
~ Pierre Corneille
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