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

— Pierre Corneille, Polyeucte (1642), Act I, Scene 3

About Pierre Corneille

1606 – 1684

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

“Reason and love are sworn enemies.”

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

“He who can live in infamy is unworthy of life.”

“No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.”

“Acceptance is the better part of grief.”

“Perfect relief is not possible, except with time. You can not now realize that you will ever feel better.”

“Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.”

“After great pain, a formal feeling comes.”

“Oh, well has it been said, that there is no grief like the grief which does not speak!”