Pierre Corneille was a French tragedian. He is generally considered 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.
To he who avenges a father, nothing is impossible.
Pierre CorneilleThis dark brightness that falls from the stars.
Pierre CorneilleWe never taste a perfect joy; our happiest successes are mixed with sadness.
Happiness, Good & Evil, PerfectionPierre CorneilleWe never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness.
Pierre Corneille