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.
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“Treachery is noble when aimed at tyranny.”
—Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)
“He who can live in infamy is unworthy of life.”
—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)
“It is a crime against the State to be powerful enough to commit one.”
—Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)
“I can be forced to live without happiness, but I will never consent to live without honor.”
—Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)
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