Talk:Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon
Latest comment: 1 month ago by Ficaia in topic Quotes by the elder Crébillon
Quotes by the elder Crébillon
[edit]- La crainte fit les dieux; l'audace a fait les rois.
- Fear made the gods; audacity has made kings.
- During the French Revolution; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 46.
- Aucun fiel n'a jamais empoisonne ma plume.
- No gall has ever poisoned my pen.
- Discours de Reception; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922).
- Chaque instant de la vie est un pas vers la mort.
- Every moment of life is a step toward the grave.
- Tite et Bérénice, I, 5. -- actually by Pierre Corneille? Ficaia (talk) 10:09, 22 July 2024 (UTC)