Frasi di Pierre Corneille
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Pierre Corneille
Data di nascita: 6. Giugno 1606
Data di morte: 1. Ottobre 1684
Pierre Corneille è stato un drammaturgo e scrittore francese, uno dei tre maggiori del XVII secolo, insieme con Molière e Racine.
Frasi Pierre Corneille
„Chi acconsente di essere insultato merita di esserlo.“
libro Il piccolo libro degli insulti, Beppe Cottafavi
„Flee an enemy who knows your weakness.“
— Pierre Corneille, Polyeucte
Fuyez un ennemi qui sait votre défaut.
Néarque, act I, scene i.
Polyeucte (1642)
„He who allows me to rule is in fact my master.“
— Pierre Corneille, Nicomède
Prusias, act II, scene i.
Nicomède (1651)
Contesto: He has served me too well;
By increasing my power he has stolen it away:
He is now my subject only so long as he pleases.
He who allows me to rule is in fact my master.
„Sir, what does it matter whom I serve, so long as I am right?“
— Pierre Corneille, Nicomède
Seigneur, si j'ai raison, qu'importe à qui je sois?
Nicomède, act I, scene ii.
Nicomède (1651)
„To conquer without risk is to triumph without glory.“
— Pierre Corneille, Le Cid
À vaincre sans péril, on triomphe sans gloire.
Don Gomès, act II, scene ii.
Le Cid (1636)
„My generosity finally cedes to her hatred.“
— Pierre Corneille, Nicomède
Ma générosité cède enfin à sa haine.
Nicomède, act III, scene iv.
Nicomède (1651)
