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Pierre Corneille
Pierre Corneille was a French tragedian. He is generally considered one of the three great 17th-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine.
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culture · French tragedian (1606–1684) · playwright · poet · translator · writer · poet lawyer · jurist · also Pierre Corneille, Corneille
Born 6 June 1606 · Died 1 October 1684 · Q747
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or (The Golden Fleece, 1660), Sertorius (1662), Othon (1664), Agésilas (1666), and Attila (1667). He wrote his last piece Suréna in 1674; it was a complete failure. After this, he retired from the stage for the final time and died at his home in Paris in 1684. His grave in the Église Saint-Roch went without a monument until 1821. Legacy The dramatist, author and philosopher Voltaire created, with the support of the Académie française, a twelve-volume annotated set of Corneille
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La raison et l'amour sont ennemis jurés.
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“or (The Golden Fleece, 1660), Sertorius (1662), Othon (1664), Agésilas (1666), and Attila (1667). He wrote his last piece Suréna in 1674; it was a complete failure. After this, he retired from the stage for the final time and died at his home in Paris in 1684. His grave in the Église Saint-Roch went without a monument until 1821. Legacy The dramatist, author and philosopher Voltaire created, with the support of the Académie française, a twelve-volume annotated set of Corneille”
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1684· 11 entries
Died 1684-10-01.
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“Qui peut tout doit tout craindre.”
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“Devine, si tu peux, et choisis, si tu l'oses.”
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“Le pire des États, c'est l'État populaire.”
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“À force d'être juste on est souvent coupable.”
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“Tous maux sont pareils alors qu’ils sont extrêmes.”
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“La façon de donner vaut mieux que ce qu'on donne.”
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“Chaque instant de la vie est un pas vers la mort.”
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“La raison et l'amour sont ennemis jurés.”
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“À vaincre sans péril, on triomphe sans gloire.”
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“À raconter ses maux souvent on les soulage.”
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Career landmark: seat 14 of the Académie française (1647–1684).
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1606· 1 entry
Born 1606-06-06.
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