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
tyrants noble tyranny
Treachery is noble when aimed at tyranny.
memories good-memories lied
A good memory is needed after one has lied.
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.
stars fall dark
This dark brightness that falls from the stars.
grief grieving bereavement
One often calms one's grief by recounting it.
kings men may
As great as kings may be, they are what we are: they can err like other men.
long hated can-not
He who is hated by all can not expect to live long.
forgiving offense invites
Those who easily forgive invite offenses.
pleasure ruling generous
After having won a scepter, few are so generous as to disdain the pleasures of ruling.
kindness violence vain
Violence is just, where kindness is vain.
ambition summit
Ambition, having reached the summit, longs to descend.
revenge punishment doe
Just vengeance does not call for punishment.
sweetest loses
My sweetest hope is to lose hope