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
guilty
One is often guilty by being too just.
innocence imagine suspicion
I don't know how to defend myself: surprised innocence cannot imagine being under suspicion.
pleasure ruling generous
After having won a scepter, few are so generous as to disdain the pleasures of ruling.
sweetest loses
My sweetest hope is to lose hope
liars lying oath
A liar is full of oaths.
meant-to-be
Happiness is meant to be shared.
glory virtue crime
Your virtue raises your glory above your crime.
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.
threat fear-not
He who fears not death fears not a threat.
dare ifs
Guess if you can, choose if you dare.
royalty plus proof
Clemency is the surest proof of a true monarch. [Fr., La clemence est la plus belle marque Qui fasse a l'univers connaitre un vrai monqrque.]
conquer danger
To conquer without danger is to conquer without glory.