Quotes by Pierre Corneille

About Pierre Corneille:

Pierre Corneille was a French tragedian, and one of the three great seventeenth-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine.
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Oh rage! Oh despair! Oh age, my enemy!

Pierre Corneille

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Pierre Corneille

Pour grands que soient les rois, ils sont ce que nous sommes: Ils peuvent se tromper comme les autres hommes.

Pierre Corneille

Va, je ne te hais point.

Pierre Corneille

Danger breeds best on too much confidence.

Pierre Corneille

Je ne dois qu'à moi seul toute ma renommée." ( )

Pierre Corneille

To win without risk is to triumph without glory.

Pierre Corneille

A Victory without danger is a triumph without glory.

Pierre Corneille

A liar is always lavish of oaths.

Pierre Corneille

This dark brightness that falls from the stars.

Pierre Corneille

When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.

Pierre Corneille

Alas, I emerge from one disaster to fall into a worse.

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Just vengeance does not call for punishment.

Pierre Corneille

He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be.

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Guess, if you can, and choose, if you dare.

Pierre Corneille

I don't know how to defend myself: surprised innocence cannot imagine being under suspicion.

Pierre Corneille

Oh, how sweet it is to pity the fate of an enemy who can no longer threaten us!

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True, I am young, but for souls nobly born valor doesn't await the passing of years.

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We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger.

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To he who avenges a father, nothing is impossible.

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Author Bio

  • NamePierre Corneille
  • DescriptionFrench tragedian
  • BornJune 6, 1606
  • DiedOctober 1, 1684
  • CountryKingdom Of France
  • ProfessionPlaywright; Poet; Translator; Writer
  • WorksLe Cid