“Brave men are brave from the very first.”

— Pierre Corneille, Le Cid (1636), act II, scene iii

About Pierre Corneille

1606 – 1684

French dramatist, one of the three great tragedians of 17th-century France, author of 'Le Cid'.

“One often calms one's grief by recounting it.”

“Reason and love are sworn enemies.”

“As great as kings may be, they are what we are: they can err like other men.”

“Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer.”

“There is always a philosophy for lack of courage.”

“If you see what is right and fail to act on it, you lack courage.”

“How long will men dare to call anything expedient that is not right?”

“Delay always breeds danger.”

“In hidden inwardness all are Christians; who would dare deny this?”