Pierre Corneille
Playwright, Author
1606 – 1684
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Who was Pierre Corneille?
Pierre Corneille 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:
- I have deserved neither so much honor or so much disgrace.
- Danger breeds best on too much confidence.
- Love is a tyrant sparing none.
- To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
- Those who easily forgive invite offenses.
- It is the crime not the scaffold which is the disgrace.
- One often calms one's grief by recounting it.
- Happiness seems made to be shared.
- Just vengeance does not call for punishment.
- The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.
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- Born
- Jun 6, 1606
Rouen - Also known as
- Corneille, Pierre
- Corneille
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Marie de Lampérière
(1641 - 1684/10/01)
- Marie de Lampérière
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- France
- Profession
- Lived in
- Rouen
- Died
- Oct 1, 1684
Paris - Resting place
- Saint-Roch, Paris
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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