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
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.
fortunate happiness mixed successes taste
We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness.
disease loves patient remedy unwilling
When the patient loves his disease, how unwilling he is tallow a remedy to be applied.