Pierre Corneille

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.