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French dramatist
wrote plays "Medea" 1635 (also "Medee"), "Le Cid" 1636, "Horace" 1639, "Cinna" 1639, "Polyeucte" 1640, "Le Menteur" 1642, "The Death of Pompey" 1643, "Oedipus" 1659 (also "Oedipe")
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- "To win without risk is to triumph without glory."
- "Love lives on hope, and dies when hope is dead;"
- "Love is the extra effort we make in our dealings with those whom we do not like and once you understand that, you understand all. This idea that love overtakes you is nonsense. This is but a polite manifestation of sex. To love another you have to undertake some fragment of their destiny."
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The Cid, Cinna, The Theatrical Illusion (Penguin Classics) by Pierre Corneille (Paperback - Jan 30, 1976)  Usually ships in 24 hours |
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The Illusion (TCG Translations) by Pierre Corneille (Paperback - Oct 1, 1994) Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Horace (Petits Classiques Larousse Texte Integral) by Pierre Corneille (Paperback - Jan 30, 2008) Usually ships in 1 to 2 weeks |
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Le Cid by Pierre Corneille (Paperback - Sep 30, 1992) Edited and translated by John C. Lapp, this edition of Le Cid for performance and study includes an introduction, which interprets the contemporary political, social, and romantic themes that give... |
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L'Illusion comique by Pierre Corneille (Mass Market Paperback - Feb 11, 2003) |
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La Place Royale by Pierre Corneille (Mass Market Paperback - Mar 27, 2001) |
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