Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk
Pierre Corneille Playwright
Gender: Male
Citizenship: France
Born: Jun 6, 1606
Died: Oct 1, 1684
Pierre Corneille was a French tragedian, and one of the three great seventeenth-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine.
As a young man, he earned the valuable patronage of Cardinal Richelieu, who was trying to promote classical tragedy along formal lines, but later quarrelled with him, especially over his best-known play Le Cid about a medieval Spanish warrior, which was denounced by the newly formed Académie française for breaching the unities. He continued to write well-received tragedies for nearly forty years.
We never taste a perfect joy our happiest successes are mixed with sadness.
sad
A true king is neither husband nor father he considers his throne and nothing else.
power
One often calms one's grief by recounting it.
sympathy