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
Pierre Corneille quotes about
great-men wells great-managers
Time is a great manager: it arranges things well.
endurance conquer all-things
Patience and time conquer all things.
obedience profession hard
Obedience is a hard profession.
woe
In recounting our woes, we often soothe them.
other-half half graves
One half of my life has put the other half in the grave.
severity effects gentleness
Severity is allowable where gentleness has no effect.
conquer resolution resolve
Those who resolve to conquer or die, are rarely conquered.
fame
To myself alone do I owe my fame. [Fr., Je ne dois qu'a moi seul toute ma renommee.]
misfortunes
By speaking of our misfortunes we often relieve them. [Fr., A raconter ses maux souvent on les soulage.]
insulted-him insolence deserve
He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be.
pardon offense invites
He who pardons easily invites offense.
rebel awareness masters
Master of the universe but not of myself, I am the only rebel against my absolute power.
disease patient remedy
When the patient loves his disease, how unwilling he is to allow a remedy to be applied.
guilty
One is often guilty by being too just.