Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
Pierre Corneille
Born: June 6, 1606
Died: October 1, 1684 (aged 78)
Bio: Pierre Corneille was a French tragedian. He is generally considered one of the three great seventeenth-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Jean Racine.
Known for:
- Le Cid (1637)
- The Liar (1644)
- Cinna (1644)
- Polyeucte (1642)
- L'Illusion Comique (1639)