| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 14991 |
| QUOTATION: | Death was to be my glory, but destiny has refused it. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Pierre Corneille (16061684), 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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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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