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
gratitude generosity birth
Generosity is the accompaniment of high birth; pity and gratitude are its attendants.
dare ifs
Guess, if you can, and choose, if you dare. [Lat., Devine, si tu peux, et choisis, si tu l'oses.]
overcoming triumph obstinacy
How much must I overcome before I triumph?
insult outrage insolence
He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be so; and insolence, if unpunished, increases! [Lat., Qui se laisse outrager, merite qu'on l'outrage Et l'audace impunie enfle trop un courage.]
great-men wells great-managers
Time is a great manager: it arranges things well.
endurance conquer all-things
Patience and time conquer all things.
age doe spirit
Among wellborn spirits courage does not depend on age.
obedience profession hard
Obedience is a hard profession.
kings
I would not like a king who could obey.
woe
In recounting our woes, we often soothe them.
risk fruit greater
The greater the risk, the sweeter the fruit.
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.