Pierre Corneille Quotes

Severity is allowable where gentleness has no effect.

Pierre Corneille

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: dramatist
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: June 6, 1606 - October 1, 1684

Topics

WhereGentlenessEffectSeverity

Hundreds of political prisoners still suffer in Tibetan prisons. Freedom of speech is not allowed in any sense. It is illegal to possess a photo of the Dalai Lama.

Joanna Lumley

FreedomPoliticalSpeechSuffer

The source of one's joy is also often the source of one's sorrow.

Jessamyn West

JoySorrowSourceOftenAlso

I long remained a child, and I am still one in many respects.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

I AmChildLongStillManyAm

I've been very lucky that I've never had cellulite. My body was always firm.

Sofia Vergara

BodyLuckyNeverAlwaysFirmBeen

I don't know any filmmaker who can deconstruct their own work.

Robert Zemeckis

WorkKnowOwnFilmmakerWhoAny

To understand the power of the priesthood, we must know its limitations.

Russell M. Nelson

PowerKnowUnderstandLimitations

My mother had to stop me reading to make me go and get some fresh air. I used to get so annoyed. She actually had to sit on my book because, otherwise, I would find it.

Michelle Paver

MotherMeBookReadingFindStop

I opted out of the band.

Lou Gramm

BandOut

I write while I'm walking, on little scraps of paper. If I have a melody going, I can feel it for days.

Juan Felipe Herrera

FeelWalkingI CanWriteDaysGoing

In L.A., we listen to everything. If it's banging, it's banging - we don't care where it's from.

Dr. Dre

CareListenEverythingWhereBanging

I'm very comfortable, of course, just with my family.

Doug Ducey

FamilyComfortableJustCourseVery

If I don't tell it all now, the story in the history books will always be imperfect and that would be wrong.

Christine Keeler

HistoryStoryWrongNowWillTell

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