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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Famous quotes by pierre corneille:

    “It is hard to hate what one has loved, and a half-extinguished fire is soon relit.”
    —Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)

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

    “Be it only for a day, it is still a glory without equal to be master of the world just that day.”
    —Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)

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

    “I would not like a king who could obey.”
    —Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)