To conquer without risk is to triumph without glory.

À vaincre sans péril, on triomphe sans gloire.

Pierre Corneille

Le Cid

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Topic

Winning Taking risks

Speaker

Don Gomes, Le Comte

Author

Pierre Corneille

Source

Le Cid

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragicomedy

Language

French

Time

1636 1630s 17th century

Occupation

Playwright Writer

From

France Europe

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Original Citation

Corneille, Pierre. Le Cid. Dec. 1636, Theatre du Marais, Paris, France, act 2, sc. 2.

Current Citation

Corneille, Pierre. "The Cid." The Cid, Cinna, The Theatrical Illusion, translated by John Cairncross. Penguin Classics, 1976.

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Source
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Language
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Time
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Citation

Mercier, Louis-Sebastien. "Les Extremes se touchent." Tableau de Paris. Amsterdam, 1782, vol. 4, ch. 348.