| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
| NUMBER: | 14993 |
| QUOTATION: | Oh, how sweet it is to pity the fate of an enemy who can no longer threaten us! |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Pierre Corneille (1606–1684), French playwright. Cornelia, in The Death of Pompey (La Mort de Pompée), act 5, sc. 1 (1642). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Corneille Collection. |
| The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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