Pierre Corneille

Pierre Corneille (6 June 1606 – 1 October 1684) was a French tragedian who was one of the three great seventeenth-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine. He has been called “the founder of French tragedy” and produced plays for nearly forty years.

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    Your virtue raises your glory above your crime.
    Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)

    The greater the effort, the greater the glory.
    Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)

    They were more than kings, now they are less than slaves.
    Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)

    I love you much less than my God, but much more than myself.
    Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)

    My sweetest hope is to lose hope.
    Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)