Valor is common but great souls are rare.
Bernard Joseph Saurin Quotes
The law often allows what honor forbids.
Similar Quotes
Cricket is the greatest game that the wit of man has yet devised.
- Sir Pelham WarnerAdvertising is selling Twinkies to adults.
- Donald R. VanceThe struggle of the male to learn to listen to and respect his own intuitive, inner prompt...
- Herb GoldbergEach generation of the church in each setting has the responsibility of communicating the ...
- Francis SchaefferEach had defended his own country; the Germans Germany, the Frenchmen France; they had don...
- Ernst TollerComments on: "Bernard Joseph Saurin Quotes: The law often allows what honor forbids."
| Birth: | 1706 |
| Death: | 17th November, 1781 |
| Nationality: | French |
| Profession: | Lawyer, Playwright, Poet |
About
Bernard-Joseph Saurin was a French lawyer, poet, and playwright. Attracted to literature, and frequenting the Society of the Caveau, he became a lawyer at Parliament, a career which he did not like, but endured for fifteen years in order to support his family. His professional life in the theatre began when he was forty. He translated some English works into French, and saw some of his works translated in turn into English. Among the better known of his plays was Béverlei, a tragedy.
Share with your friends