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Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon Quotes

1674–1762 France

Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon (13 January 1674 – 17 June 1762) was a French poet and tragedian. He is sometimes known as Crébillon père or Crébillon le Tragique to distinguish him from his son Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon (Crébillon the Gay).

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At the court of a tyrant, whether usurped or legitimate, the least suspicion always amounts to crime, and to be suspected is to be proscribed.

La crainte fit les dieux, l'audace a fait les rois.

As all the world the hero's exploits sings,
So should good deeds the glory be of kings.

'Tis crime that must be ended, and not vengeance.

The word of kings is but an empty shadow.

By innocence imposture's aye confounded.

Crime is aye crime, and beauty ne'er can be
A veil to cover its deformity.

I know the fury of your jealous suspicions,
But I have too much virtue to fear my husband.

The suffering heart is surest oracle.

My pen was never dipped in gall.

Discours de réception à l’Académie Française (1731)

One is not criminal because ambitious.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.