Pierre Corneille
France
6 Jun 1606 // 1 Oct 1684
Dramatist
6 Jun 1606 // 1 Oct 1684
Dramatist
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Who is all powerful should fear everything
We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger
There are secret ties, there are sympathies, by the sweet relationship of which souls that are well matched attach themselves to each other, and are affected by I know not what, which cannot be explained
The man who pardons easily courts injury
Patience and time conquer all things
Let us attend to the present, and as to the future we shall know how to manage when the occasion arrives
It is the guilt, not the scaffold, which constitutes the shame
I am young, it is true; but in noble souls valor does not wait for years
He who has resolved to conquer or die is seldom conquered; such noble despair perishes with difficulty
Generosity is the accompaniment of high birth; pity and gratitude are its attendants
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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Essays