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Pierre Corneille

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An example is often a deceptive mirror, and the order of destiny, so troubling to our thoughts, is not always found written in things past.


— Pierre Corneille


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Brave men are brave from the very first.


— Pierre Corneille


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Clemency is the noblest trait which can reveal a true monarch to the world.


— Pierre Corneille


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Danger breeds best on too much confidence.


— Pierre Corneille


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Do your duty and leave the rest to heaven.


— Pierre Corneille


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Each instant of life is a step toward death.


— Pierre Corneille


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Every man of courage is a man of his word.


— Pierre Corneille


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Flee an enemy who knows your weakness.


— Pierre Corneille


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Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not.


— Pierre Corneille


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Guess, if you can, and choose, if you dare.


— Pierre Corneille


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About Pierre Corneille

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Corneille’s father secured two magisterial posts for him with the Rouen department of Forests and Rivers. He began to focus on an influential verse translation of the Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis which he completed in 1656. Later plays
Even though Corneille was prolific after his return to the stage writing one play a year for the 14 years after 1659 his plays did not have the same success as those of his earlier career.

He has been called “the founder of French tragedy” and produced plays for nearly forty years. Pierre Corneille (French: [pjɛːʁ kɔʁ.

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