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After having won a scepter, few are so generous as to disdain the pleasures of ruling.

Pierre Corneille

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Pierre Corneille
Age: 78 †
Born: 1606
Born: June 6
Died: 1684
Died: October 1
Dramatist
Playwright
Poet
Poet Lawyer
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Generous
Pleasure
Scepter
Disdain
Ruling
Pleasures

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