“One half of my life has put the other half in the grave.”

— Pierre Corneille, Le Cid (1636), act III, 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.”

“Each of us lives only now, this brief instant.”

“Life is our dictionary.”

“Get a bicycle. You will not regret it, if you live.”

“If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.”

“Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.”

“Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.”