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.
Famous quotes by pierre corneille:
“Tortures are to them what joys are to us.”
—Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)
“I would tell you I love you, Sir, if I knew what it was to love.”
—Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)
“It is hard to hate what one has loved, and a half-extinguished fire is soon relit.”
—Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)
“The king, just and prudent, wants only those things which he can get.”
—Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)
“I love you much less than my God, but much more than myself.”
—Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)