Georges de Scudéry

French writer (1601-1667)

Georges de Scudéry (22 August 1601 – 14 May 1667), the elder brother of Madeleine de Scudéry, was a French novelist, dramatist and poet.

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  • La victoire me suit, et tout suit la victoire.
    • Victory follows me, and all things follow victory.
    • L'Amour Tyrannique (1640), act 1, sc. 2 (Tiridate) — Tr. Harbottle and Dalbiac (1901)
  • Et vaincre sans péril serait vaincre sans gloire.
    • Who without danger triumphs earns no fame.
    • Arminius (1642), act 1, sc. 3 (Germanicus) — Tr. Harbottle and Dalbiac (1901)
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