Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée

thumb| Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée (14 February 1692 – 14 May 1754) was a French dramatist who blurred the lines between comedy and tragedy with his comédie larmoyante. Quotes Si la mode empoisonne un natural heureux, A quoi sert le bonheur d'être né vertueux. Fine natures, from their course by fashion torn, Gain nothing in that they were virtuous born. Le Préjugé à la Mode (1735), act 2, sc. 5 (Damon) — Tr. Harbottle and Dalbiac (1904), p. 209 L'amour pardonne tout. Love pardons all. Le Préjugé à la Mode (1735), act 5, sc. 1 (Damon) — Tr. Harbottle and Dalbiac (1904), p. 87 Un suisse, comme un sot, fait toujours son métier. A Swiss, like a fool, always sticks to his trade. L'École des Mères (1744), act 2, sc. 4 (Le Marquis) — Tr. Harbottle and Dalbiac (1904), p. 231 Quand tout le monde a tort, tout le monde a raison. When every one is wrong, then every one is right. La Gouvernante (1747), act 1, sc. 3 (Le Président) — Tr. Harbottle and Dalbiac (1904), p. 188 En exagérant tout, on ne définit rien. All things exaggerate, you nought define. La Gouvernante'' (1747), act 1, sc. 3 (Le Président) — Tr. Harbottle and Dalbiac (1904), p. 46 External links Thomas Benfield Harbottle; Philip Hugh Dalbiac, Dictionary of Quotations: French and Italian, 2nd ed. (1904), pp. 46, 87, 188, 209, 231 William Francis Henry King, Classical and Foreign Quotations, 3rd ed. (1904), p. 281, no. 2214 Category:1692 births Category:1754 deaths Category:Playwrights from France Category:People from Paris