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NUMBER:14991
QUOTATION:Death was to be my glory, but destiny has refused it.
ATTRIBUTION:Pierre Corneille (1606–1684), French playwright. Cornelia, in The Death of Pompey (La Mort de Pompée), act 3, sc. 4 (1642).
BIOGRAPHY:Columbia Encyclopedia.
WORKS:Corneille Collection.
 
 
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