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Pierre Corneille

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Those who easily forgive invite offenses.


— Pierre Corneille


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To conquer without danger is to conquer without glory.


— Pierre Corneille


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To die for one's country is such a worthy fate that all compete for so beautiful a death.


— Pierre Corneille


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To he who avenges a father, nothing is impossible.


— Pierre Corneille


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To vanquish without peril is to triumph without glory.


— Pierre Corneille


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True, I am young, but for souls nobly born valor doesn't await the passing of years.


— Pierre Corneille


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We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger.


— Pierre Corneille


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When the patient loves his disease, how unwilling he is to allow a remedy to be applied.


— Pierre Corneille


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When we conquer without danger our triumph is without glory.


— Pierre Corneille


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They who overcome their desires once can overcome them always.


— 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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